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should have existed within the limits of 

 New Jersey. This may, however, be at- 

 tributed to certain causes which have existed 

 over these areas during the deposition of 

 these formations, and which would have 

 produced a special fauna fitted for those 

 conditions by eliminating from it all other 

 forms not fitted to withstand them. Be- 

 yond this certain rapid or sudden changes 

 seem to have taken place over nearly the 

 entire coast of the State, at somewhat reg- 

 ular periods, which materially changed the 

 conditions of life abruptly." The condition 

 of preservation of the fossils, which are 

 generally seen only as internal casts, also 

 makes them hard to identify with perfect 

 shells. 



Proceedings of the American Society for 

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This association appears to be making 

 progress. The present number of its pro- 

 ceedings contains an interesting address 

 from the president, Professor Simon New- 

 comb, of Washington, D. C, which dis- 

 cusses the subject of thought-transference 

 with acumen indeed, but with only negative 

 results ; a report on the number-habit as 

 bearing on thought-transference ; a report 

 of the committees on hypnotism, on me- 

 diumistic phenomena, and on thought-trans- 

 ference, with an appendix containing some 

 experiments in the last-named field ; a pa- 

 per on the existence of a magnetic sense ; 

 a research on the reality of Ileichenbach's 

 flames ; a preliminary report of the com- 

 mittee on apparitions and haunted houses, 

 and a schedule of directions for investiga- 

 tion as to the alleged facts respecting the 

 same. The society is now getting into good 

 working order, and ought soon to give us 

 something tangible as the fruit of its labors. 



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