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his previous conclusions in the Philosophical Transactions, 

 viz., that fusiform lacunse were not characteristic of reptilian 

 bones, as some had supposed, but that they existed in many- 

 fishes ; he especially referred to the salmonidse as presenting 

 this oblong form of bone corpuscule. 



Mr. Brothers exhibited a modification of the kaloscope, 

 and objects to illustrate the same. 



Soundings were received from the steamers " Canada," 

 from New York; <« Armenian," coast of Africa; " Tagus," 

 from Lisbon ; and from several vessels of war, from difi*erent 

 parts of the world, which were duly acknowledged. In- 

 crustations from the boilers of several sea-going steamers were 

 also presented by Mr. W. A. Hayman, of Liverpool. 



