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14. Hauy's Collection of Minerals. — The very complete mi- 

 neral collection of the celebrated M. Hauy will shortly be sold 

 at Paris by public auction. The professor, in his lifetime, re- 

 fnsed for it an offer of 600,000 francs (24,000Z. sterling), 



15. Organic Remains. — The skeleton of a rhinoceros was 

 discovered a short time ago, by some miners in search of lead 

 ore, ninety feet below the surface of the earth, in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Wirksworth, Derbyshire. The bones are in a per- 

 fect state, and the enamel of the teeth uninjured. We believe 

 Mr. Buckland has seen these remains. 



16. Change of Water at Falls. — In an account of the great 

 water-falls of Renah, on the rivers Mohanuddy, Behur, and 

 Jouse, in the province of Gund-wana, the writer describes the 

 following phenomenon. The water, when it reaches the bottom 

 of the fall, assumes a dirty green appearance, similar to salt 

 water near the shore, and the taste becomes bad and sour. It 

 is not the great depth of the pools into which the water falls 

 that causes the colour ; for that which issues out of the basins, 

 and runs over rocks so shallow as not to come much above the 

 ancle, has the same green aspect. The same effect is produced 

 at each of the falls. — Edinburgh Journal, viii. 37. 



17. New Species of Fungi. — Messrs. Pictet and Decandolle, 

 whilst examining a paper manufactory, remarked the produc- 

 tion of a great variety of fungi in the mass of rags placed to- 

 gether for the purpose of fermentation, previous to their being 

 beaten into pulp. They were of various forms, sizes, and co- 

 lours, and many of them appeared to M. Decandolle, who 

 made a large collection of them, to be of undescribed species. 

 It maybe necessary to observe, that the fermentation was going 

 on in a place under ground, and it is well known how much 

 plants alter their external appearance when vegetating in such 

 situations. 



18. Preservation of Echini, Asterice, Crabs, Sfc. — It is a 

 great object to preserve specimens of these species of animals 

 in a natural history collection, so that they shall not fall to 

 pieces. Colonel Mathieu, who has made a fine collection from 

 the Isle of France, endeavoured to find some means of so dry- 

 ing the mucilaginous or membranous part, which serves as an 



