GLEANINGS. 



It contains 



.e,neat.ea to t.e Musen^ ^^^^^:^ei^Zer V^Z 

 246 specimens of ^^^'t^^^^^t^^,?^"';;^^'^^ ^ bones of tiie Elephas 



SoTg^S'ge-ofihS'aluabiecoUection. 



alo.ol-An interesting bo^n^^J^al i^^^^^^^^^^^^ 

 eastern subnrbs of the town of Le c«g«- ,^^ ^^.^er marls and sand- 

 spot reached a depth of J.'^O"'' f^'ff '^^f .^^sequence of the bormg rods 

 stones, but stopped at t^^s point ^nco^seqn^^ 



breaking and stoppmg up the hole J-J^^j;" ^OOft., but, in oui- opmion, 

 have now contracted to go down to a deptW 1,-^UO ^^^^ ^^^ ^^.^ 

 the question wiU be settled at ^ less^^epx .^^ ^^^^ Charnwood 



of the ridge of Paleozoic Bocks^ ^^^^^n important factor in the question. 



SS tl°e S Jt-S^r^f I »m Sin Iffeotua. M. to tUe ana.ng 



Of ,workable>al-seams in this locality .,„i palace Aquarium, is 



- AQ.ABi..-Mr. W. A Lloyd, ^/^X JSl forth^^^^^^ long 



engaged in writing a practical book on Aqu^^^^^^^ ^^ says:-" My 



been coUecting materials. ^^^^t"'^^^, ^,^,-> „nu3ual, consisting mainly 

 Slustrationswill be numerous -J^^^^'^l^ZL^^nZi the various kinds 

 of views, plans, and ^e^ti^ns of man^ a^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^^ will include 

 of machinery employed m ^^T,. ^^-^/e who did early and good aquanum 

 also aU the portraits I can find of f^«^«T^° ^ -^-trait of Mrs. Anne 

 work. Among these I fX\iti846maintaLed the earhest known 



Thynne, who, m London, m ^^^^^ >®f^fl^ ^iple, with plants and animals 

 xnaS^e aquarium on the compen^tmgpu^^^^^^^^ P^ ^^^^^ ^^^^ 



balancing each other ^. ^^^Jl ^^^^^^i^otographs, wiU be very acceptable, 

 pamphlets, or prints, or P^f ^i^^' °^ 1'^°^ h-^^porary or otherwise, to two 

 i^ong other things I rnucli want access tem^^^^ ^^^^ in Vienna, 



aquarium guidebooks to J;!'° ^^^^jf^^.^'^X^^^^ I shall be very 



dated about I860, and ^^^ f.f^^Jl^^'J^^^ in MS., or any references 



grateful for any properly-aui^henticated acta ^^^^ ^^ ^^^ animals, 



to such as have been P^^^^^^^^^ ^\ ? Varin? and fresh water, under the 

 rangingfromspongcs to fishes, both m^^^^^^^ ^^^.^^ be punctually 



conditions proper to aquaiia. ii-ny lui 



and thankfuUy returned. annual report for 



S.n.nBOKi.K I.s™-n,.o., W.smxoTOK ^^'-^^ r^^he d^^^^^^^^^ 

 1876 has lately been '^'^'^.'^^-^X^nd^o^^^^ the Institution, and a 

 Professor J. H«^Fy'.%%\Jd'onthe^ Centennial Exhibition. Then 

 report from Prof. S-/" -^^^^^^ °^ \nd that scientific monarch, the 

 foUow biographies of Gay-Lus^ac, ana _^ ^^^^^^.^^ '^K^'"'^'^% 



present Emperor of Brazil ,aiticles o^ t ^^^^roids between Mars and 

 tion; Revolutions of ^^^ ?rust c^t tlie i.ait , ^^^^^^^ a hand- 



Jupiter ; and several ^«}nologK=al a tic eB, ^^^ .^her publications o 

 some volume of some f J.P^f !,• „/^Jd to Societies who send copies of 

 the Institute are wo ^^l^^^^' P'^??,!,^^^^^^ Smithsonian Institute, 



their reports and transactions to the a cnt ^o^ i^^^portant feature in 



Mr. W. Wesley, 28 E^^'f ^t jet SU^ itnndeitakes to receive books 



theworkof this valuable Institntio IS umx ^^^iean Societies and 



specimens, &c , from a^ Pa^ of the woua ^ ^^ ^^^^^^ 



lAuseums and tran«ni_its m ret^^^^^^^^^ cxc . '^^'^«^^'?'^/C 



rs s s^^niS^^ai^p c^-r^^^SiTcf s 



gorag part^'omeX?^^^^^ ^^ ^^'' ^' '^' "^ 



London. 



