218 | Wetherell Bequest. 
distinguished for his learning and archeological taste; an aunt 
also to the Recorder of Devizes. Her pursuits had always been 
connected with Natural History, and the valuable collection now 
in the possession of the Society is the result of the labours and 
investigation, of many years. Particulars of the bequest will 
appear as soon as the Curator can prepare a statement. In the 
mean time it may be stated, that the cabinets are of mahogany, 
elegantly fitted up, and contain sixty-four drawers. These are 
full, indeed over crowded, with Geological and Mineralogical 
specimens, which in number must amount to at least six thousand. 
Among the minerals are a few gems, and a variety of marbles, 
jaspers, &c., many of them polished, and chiefly illustrative of the 
British rocks. The fossils are principally from Wilts, Berks, and 
other adjacent counties. Many of them are rare and valuable. There 
is an interesting series of Tertiary fossils, but it is in illustrations 
of the more important strata of this county that the drawers are 
richest. The Cretaceous fossils are not so numerous as some others, 
but this is less to be regretted as the Society already possesses 
good specimens presented by the late Col. Olivier. Of Oolitic fos- 
sils there is a fine collection, particularly from the neighbourhood 
of Calne. The Coral-rag specimens are remarkably fine, and can- 
not probably be surpassed by any English collection. The fossils 
from the Kimmeridge and Oxford clays, and from the Kelloway- 
rock are very good, and though not belonging to Wiltshire, there 
are some silurian Specimens from Dudley, of considerable value. 
The general condition of the collection is excellent, but it will be 
necessary to pick out some few pyritous specimens which are doing 
mischief by decomposition; and the arrangement of the drawers 
is somewhat confused, owing to overcrowding, the collection having 
outgrown the capabilities of the cabinets. With further extension 
of cabinet room, and by the exclusion of some few duplicates, the 
arrangement may be made complete, and the collection will afford 
an excellent illustration of the geology of the British strata. 
Among the books are works on Geology and Mineralogy, by 
Lyell, Morris, Buckland, Mantell, Jameson, Phillips, Bakewell, 
Kidd, and Parkinson. 
H, BULL, Printer and Publisher, Deyizes. 

