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tne being of a God, or the care He bestows upon 
his creatures. 
. (227.) Of our metropolitan institutions for public 
instruction we may be expected to say a few words. 
Two of these contain zoological chairs, but so poorly 
supported, that they excite little or no competition 
among those best able to give dignity and usefulness 
to their duties. Both these sources of instruction 
and enquiry are open to the naturalists of London, 
and may in time become highly important to the 
advancement of zoology. 
(228.) The universities both of Edinburgh and 
of Glasgow have their Regius Professors of natural . 
history, by whom lectures are given, and where mu- 
seums of considerable extent are established. We 
possess, indeed, but little information on the actual 
state of zoological science in Scotland, further than 
what may be gathered from the “ Transactions of 
the Wernerian Society ;” and the occasional pa- 
pers inserted in that highly valuable publication, 
“ The Edinburgh Philosophical Journal,” of Pro- 
fessor Jameson. The museum of Glasgow has been 
described as already rich, and continually aug- 
menting; while that of the Edinburgh College, so 
justly celebrated for the perfection of the specimens, 
seems to be second only to the national collection 
in the British Museum. The talents and capability 
of Professor Jameson, who fills the zoological chair 
in our northern capital, are well known, and have, 
doubtless, given an impetus to the science, which 
is even now beginning to show itself in cheap and 
popular compilations ; precursors, let us hope, of 
something better. We regret the inability of giving, 
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