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ticulars, connected with the residence of Ari Marsonin Great 
Ireland, which was not far from Haiti. 
The author further alluded to the similarity of the Irish 
boz, and the Hebrew M3 or 3, to Bohio, and hinted at the 
possible Irish or Jewish discovery of the island, should the 
former conjecture prove fallacious. 
After recommending the Antiquitates Americanz to the 
Icelandic student, as a most eligible text-book, and a complete 
contrast to the Antiquitates Celto-Scandica, the author con- 
cluded by expressing his belief, that a closer connexion with 
the antiquaries of Copenhagen, and a correspondence with 
the learned of America, might lead to such results as would 
shed additional lustre on the annals of the Academy. 
DONATIONS. 
Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de V Acade- 
mie des Sciences. Par MM. les Secretaires Perpetuels, 
Premier Semestre. Nos. 19, 20,21. Tables Alphabétiques. 
Juillet-—Decembre, 1837. Presented by the Academy. 
Researches on Heat. Third Series. By James D. Forbes. 
Esq. F.R.SS. L. & E., F.G.S. (From the Transactions of the 
Royal Society of Edinburgh. Vol. 14.) Presented by the 
Author. 
The Origin of the Egyptian Language, proved by the 
Analysis of that and the Hebrew, in an Introductory Essay. 
By Dr. L. Lowe. Presented by the Author. 
Journal of the Statistical Society of London. No. 11. 
June, 1833. Presented by the Society. 
