Dr. Troost on Ainber, &¢. 13 
iv the former case ] would ask, whence the insects which are some- 
times found i in the Bethe amber? Certainly, these insects did. not 
way as those of the e acea,* aud have acquired t | 
amber ee theirstay.i in the earth, from the same agent acter 
inous substances. _ These fossil remains ean, perhay 
lignite at Cape Sable is aires of saith L id there. have been 
different kinds, there is Ste one which eee to have prodaced 
the ambers at least, I have have 
soune-inrgly ut ne of aie varieties : 
close: grain, wih acesng to the smallness of is ent ic 
layers, must have been of a slow growth; (ne: rth e lay 
ers may have been altered by the pressure the wood ie Ie, 
having now all a flat appearance. ) Bot T have not been able to 
In elucidation of the foregoing, lw mold propose t ‘the. following 
"ist: What kind of insets a fy uiicabe spt deg Papeete 
IEP ete 
% 
ety eee ands 3 
7 ma of Kn ihaits tintin ies of the c Pagnds, the 
bas: ‘se ieties of Sei teett's48-trantel ones inte rspe- 
cies * poo Seite nerdoeed Om: these trees... 
ry friends in 
: % ction: syithe. red i 
; as cut a the death of the: 
owner, was sold as one a saber wih ince which | the most practis- 
ed eye was not able to distinguish. 
