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of this subject to a place in this Journal can hardly be ques- 

 tioned. Due attention will therefore be given to those de- 

 partments of descriptive Geology that come within the pro- 

 vince of Natural History. 



Biographical sketches of illustrious Naturalists, and those 

 who have travelled for the sake of advancing science, will be 

 occasionally introduced ; and the Editors also hope to be en- 

 abled to furnish the reader with matter of popular and gene- 

 ral interest supplied by the correspondence of Naturalists 

 who are engaged in voyages of discovery. 



Reviews of new works, and Notices of the most important 

 British and Foreign Publications connected with any of these 

 subjects, will be regularly brought before our readers. 



From the Foreign sources of Intelligence, which in Natural 

 History are abundant and valuable, such a selection will be 

 made as may give early and copious information of the labours 

 and discoveries of the Naturalists of other countries. 



The kind assurances of co-operation which the Editors have 

 received from eminent Naturalists, both in this country and 

 abroad, warrant them in already entertaining a confident hope 

 that this Periodical will prove in no degree inferior in inter- 

 est and utility to those of the highest reputation on the 

 Continent ; and they rely on the favourable disposition of 

 those to whom such a work may seem desirable for the sup- 

 port and encouragement requisite for its success. 



