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existence under the different circumstances prevailing over 

 various parts of the globe, as w^ould suit best this general 

 plan, according to which man was at last to be placed at the 

 head of creation \ Let us remember all this, and we have a 

 voice uttering louder and louder the cry which the external 

 world equally proclaims, that there is a Creator, an intelligent 

 and wise Creator, an omnipotent Creator of all that exists, 

 has existed, and shall exist. 



To come back to the Salmonidcey I might say, that when 

 properly studied, there is not a species in nature, there is not 

 a system of organs in any given species, there is not a pecu- 

 liarity in the details of each of these systems, which does not 

 lead to the same general results, and which is not on that 

 account equally worth our consideration. 



A minute distinction between species is again, above all, 

 the foundation of our most extensive views of the whole, and 

 of our most sublime generalizations. The species of Sal- 

 monidcB call particularly our attention, from the minuteness 

 of the characters upon which their distinction rests. Their 

 number in the north of this continent (North America) is far 

 greater than would be supposed from the mere investigation 

 of those of the great lakes ; but I shall, for the present, limit 

 myself to these. — Agassiz^ Lake Superior, p. 366. 



Results of Observations made by the Rev. F. FALLOWS, at the 

 Cape of Good Hope, in the years 1829-30-31. Produced 

 under the superintendence of G. B. AlRY, Esq., Astronomer 

 Royal. 



This important work, containing the earliest fruits of the 

 Cape Observatory ; and, while the first, at the same time 

 some of the most valuable contributions to Southern Astro- 

 nomy, — has been received too late to allow us to do more 

 than barely mention the titles in the present number. 



We are tempted, however, to extract the following short 

 notice of a remarkable meteor ; because it tends to establish 

 the connection so very much wanted between shooting -stars 



