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~ Remarks.—From the above observations eppea att, 
in this latitude, the maximum of temperature of the springs, 
which supply our wells with water, occurs about the 15th of 
October, :and is abou WIILte ust Shy” Sere SACT ei 
Minimum, about the 15th of April, andis about 40, — 
Difference, : - - - - 11°, 
Fayetteville, (Vt.) May 26th, 1828. 
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s me {Continued from Vol. XIV., p. 190.] 
October, 1827.—Specimens of talcose rock in situ, from 
the serpentine locality on the island of New-York, were laid 
upon the table by Mr. J. Cozzens. 
Mr. Gale presented a suite of specimens from the celebra- 
ted locality at Franklin, N. J. Among them were particu- 
larly noticed granular Franklinite, in carbonate of lime, red 
ores of zinc, granular pyroxene, and foliated Jeffersonite. —_- 
Mr. De Kay read a paper’on several fossils from the Ches" 
apeake and Delaware canal. See . Lyc. vo 
A valuable‘and extensive collection of scientific books was 
received from Prof. N. S. Castrom, of Sweden. 
. Torrey communicated the result of his observations on 
the Gay Lussite from. the Province of Venezuela, of which 
several specimens had been recently presented to the Cabi- 
net by Mr. Robert Stephenson, of Newcastle, (England.) 
Mr. Lyle presented several ores from the Republic of Co- 
lombia, chiefly consisting of malachite ; red and grey silver 
ore in its matrix. 
Prof. J. Aug. Smith read a paper in which he endeavored 
to exhibit specific differences between the bald and grey ea- 
gles, deduced from anatomical observations. 
Mr. Gale presented a large slab of Labrador feldspar, 
from Corlaers Hook, in this city. 
Mr. J. Cozzens announced that he had discovered a spe- 
cimen of the genus Uranoscopus in the American waters. 
Mr. Barnes read a notice of the Fusus corona (Lam) from 
the Gulf of Mexico; a very rare shell, and now positively 
identified. 
