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tae 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 P>ritish 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, 



