SCIENTIFIC MEMOIRS, 
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THE TRANSACTIONS OF 
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FOREIGN ACADEMIES OF SCIENCE 
AND LEARNED SOCIETIES, 
AND FROM 
FOREIGN JOURNALS. 
EDITED BY 
RICHARD TAYLOR, F.S.A., 
FELLOW OF THE LINNZAN, GEOLOGICAL, ASTRONOMICAL, ASIATIC, 
AND GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETIES OF LONDON; 
HONORARY MEMBER OF THE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF MOSCOW. 
STATISTICAL 
UNDER SECRETARY OF THE LINNZZAN SOCIETY. 
VOL. IV. 
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