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which they occur is not always a proof of that to which the 
fresh water has been elevated. ‘These are the most exten- 
sive. 
The other, of a coarser texture, resulting from the abra- 
sion and washing of the surface of the rock, is formed by 
means of sediment at the bottom of still watersinto which 
they have been carried. ‘They are much less diffused, less 
pure, and may contain remains of marine bodies. A part 
of the Limagne of Auvergne, the fresh water formation of 
the Swiss Molasse, and probably the plastic clays and lig- 
nites are of this formation. : 
5. New Atmometer.—Mr. Anderson, of Scotland, has in- 
vented a new Atmometer, or Evaporometer, for measuring 
- the evaporation from water, in any given time. Itis said 
to be superior to those heretofore invented by Mr. Leslie, 
and to equal in simplicity and accuracy the method employ- 
ed by Mr. Dalton to discover the evaporation from the 
ground. 
per. e Lazulite is a compound of phosphate of alu- 
mina, phosphate of manganese, and of phosphate of iron and 
oxide of iron. 
7. Translation on Natural History.—Mr. J. S. Miller 
has published a prospectus of his intended translation of the 
“ Natural History of Alcyonia, Spongia, Corallina, Sertu- 
aria, Eschara, and Corals, from the French of Lamark.” 
- Mr, Miller is well known by his work of the Crinoidea. 
8. West or Lost Greenlend.—The indefatigable Capt. 
Scoresby is about publishing his discoveries on the coast of 
West Greenland. Since the setting in of the Polar ice in 
1406, the fate of near 300 villages or plantations, with 16 
churches, 2 convents, &c., has remained in obscurity, as all 
attempts to reach the coast have been unavailing. e 
perseverance of Capt. Scoresby, however, has enabled him 
to land several times in different places, in nearly all of 
