Scicntijic Intelligence. —Geology. 9S^ 



volcanic ashes sent to mc by Colonel Lindsayuof cS3ttUlQJ)«i»<# 

 notice to the following effect : This substancexiii&iwdoWJvAlrtt 

 is called White Island, from the ashes that cont^i^iuiUlji^iMl ftom 

 a volcano, at present in a state of activity, and-wtrichrhasrlbeen 

 long in the same condition. It is about three miles round, and 

 lies op}K>site to the Bay of Plenty, between the ri.v^t^'bdflMJp 

 and the East Cape, and from twenty to thirty miles from the 

 mainland of New Zealand When this island was last visited, 

 4*-.presented a frightful display of flame and smoke from ,|h,e 

 crater of its volcano At the foot of the hill in which the vol- 

 cano is situated, there is a lake of boiling sulphur^ and all 

 around the lake the ground is encrusted with sulphur. The 

 natives say the volcano runs under the sea, and bursts out 

 again in the interior of New Zealand, about twenty miles from 

 the shore, in a district where there is a large liot lake in the 

 waters, of which the natives cook their provisions.' — Edit. 



9. Map of the Puy de Dome. — A map of the famous mountain 

 the Puy de Dome, in twelve sheets, is now in preparation, by 

 Bussy of Paris. m h^'r^i^do nssd afiri %i io oafioiam iiB aorJi 

 ■^L 10. Diammd in the Coal Jbrmaiim.-^The diafaioiid is fiia«f to 

 ■fclave been found in the coal formation in India. 



11. Splendid Specimen of Megatherium. — A perfect skeleton of 

 the megatherium, exceeding in size the splendid specimen pre- 

 served in the Cabinet of Natural History in Madrid, has been 

 lately discovered 126 miles south of Buenos Ay res. This re- 

 inai'kable specimen of antediluvian zoology is now in the posses- 

 sion of Woodbine Parish, Esq., Consul-General, at Buenos 

 Ayres, who intends to bring it with him to Europei«->b j-moiijLl 



12. Slates of the Tarentaise belong to the Jura Formation. — All 

 the slates, conglomerates, and sandstones of the Tarentaise, for- 

 merly considered as transition, are now arranged with the oolite 

 or Jura formation. 'i^ bns ,;^.£0 



13. Decrepitating Common Salt. Condensatidh ofGarinit, — 

 M. Dumas has examined and described a very curious effect 

 which occurred when some rock-salt obtained from the mine of 

 Wieliczka in Poland, and given to him by M. Boue, was put 

 into water. It decrepitated as it dissolved in the water, and 

 gradually evolved a sensible portion of gas. The bubbles of gas 

 were sensibly larger when the decrepitations were stronger, and 



