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moses occur between the interlobular ramifications of the bronchi* 

 themselves; each branch pursuing its own independent course to its 

 temiination in a closed extremity. Several drawings of the microsco- 

 pical appearances of injected portions of the lungs accompany this paper. 



15. Loss and Recovery ofMrSwalnson's Librari/. — We have pleasure 

 in recording the handsome and liberal conduct of Mr Maclear, the As- 

 tronomer Royal, and the Rev. Dr Adamson, the Presbyterian clergy- 

 man at the Cape of Good Hope, in recovering for Mr Swainson the 

 zoologist his valuable library, which had been wrecked in the Prince 

 Rupert at the entrance of Table Bay, when on its way to New Zea- 

 land. At the sale of the cargo at Cape Town, some cases of books in- 

 jured by salt water were pm'chased by Mr Maclear, and, on examina- 

 tion, they were found to contain splendid works on n.atural history ap- 

 parently the property of Mr Swainson. Subsequently, Mr Maclear and 

 Dr Adamson succeeded, after considerable exertion, in obtaining from 

 the auctioneers, &c. who had purchased them, the remainder of Mr 

 Swainson's books, at a fraction of the value ; and, instead of retaining 

 their excellent bargain, these gentlemen have written to the original 

 proprietor, informing him of the circumstance, and offering to forward 

 the books to him. 



ARTS, &C. 



16. Speed of Travelling, — The opening of the Strasburg and Basle 

 Railway, which is about ninety miles in length, was celebrated re- 

 cently by a great dinner at Mulhausen. An inscription on one of the 

 walls of the room ran thus : — " In the year 1500, the journey from 

 Mulhausen to Strasburg occupied eight days ; in 16OO, six days ; in 

 1700, four days ; in 1800, two days ; in 1841, two hours." (The dis- 

 tance is about seventy English miles.) 



17. Glasgow. — Improvement in Paving of Streets We know of no im- 

 provements in the management of police matters equal to those which have 

 been effected by the Commissioners of Police in the paving of the streets. 

 It is only a few years since that department was transferred from the 

 old statute-labour trust to their management, and at the time of trans- 

 fer, the streets, with few exceptions, were nearly in a ruinous condi- 

 tion. The committee of statute-labour, and Mr Hume, their active su- 

 perintendent, have, by their unwearied exertions, brought the system of 

 the paving of the streets to the highest state of perfection. The results 

 of their experience may afford useful information to public bodies or 



