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Bibliographical Notices :— Morton's Inquiry into the dis- 

 tinctive characteristics of the aboriginal race of America, 

 408. — The Journal of the Boston Society of Natural His- 

 tory, 411. — Fownes's Actonian Prize Essay, 413. 

 Beck's Manual of Chemistry: Smith's Principles of 

 Chemistry, 414. — New Books received, 415, 



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Miscellanies. — Extract of a letter from Prof. Hitchcock respect- 

 ing the Lincolnite, 416. — Singular crystals of Lead from Ros- 

 sie, N. Y. : Dipyre, 417. — Blowpipe characters of the sup- 

 posed Pyrrhite of the Azores : Formula of the Pink Scapo- 

 lite of Bolton : Head of Carpinchoe : Natural Polariscope, 

 418. — A new Comet : Fluorine in Bones, 419. — New Project 

 for Reforming the English Alphabet and Orthography, 420. 





