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ticulars, connected with the residence of Ari Marson in Great 

 Ireland, which was not far from Haiti. 



The author further alhided to the similarity of the Irish 

 boc, and the Hebrew ro, or iT^a, to Bohio, and hinted at the 

 possible Irish or Jewish discovery of the island, should the 

 former conjecture prove fallacious. 



After recommending the Antiquitates Americanae to the 

 Icelandic student, as a most eligible text-book, and a complete 

 contrast to the Antiquitates CeltO'Scandica:, the author con- 

 cluded by expressing his belief, that a closer connexion with 

 the antiquaries of Copenhagen, and a correspondence with 

 the learned of America, might lead to such results as would 

 shed additional lustre on the annals of the Academy. 



DONATIONS. 



Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Seances de VAcade- 

 mie des Sciences. Par MM. les Secretaires Perpetuels, 

 Premier Semestre. Nos. 19, 20, 21. Tables AlpJiabetiques, 

 Juillet — Decembre, 1 837. Presented by the Academy. 



Researches on Heat, Third Series. By James D. Forbes. 

 Esq. F.R.SS. L. & E., F.G.S. (From the Transactions of the 

 Royal Society of Edinburgh. Vol. 14.) Presented by the 

 Author. 



The Origin of the Egyptian Language, proved by the 

 Analysis of that and the Hebrew, in an Introductory Essay, 

 By Dr. L. Lowe. Presented by the Author. 



Journal of the Statistical Society of London. No. 11. 

 June, 1833. Presented by the Society. 



