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"The unrlertakers pledge themselves to furnish specimens of a» 

 cxcelknt quality; and none shall be given twice, unless when the 

 matrix hajjpens to be different; which, on the contrary, will pre- 

 sent a double interest to the amateur who makes the collection 

 with a view to gcognostic speculations. 



"A specification will accompany every delivery, and with the 

 last will be given an explanatory and recapitulatory catalogue. 



"x\sto petrifactions of great price and rarity, one specimen 

 will serve ibr several deliveries, and it will be valued accordingly. 

 The deliveries \>ill take place at intervals of from three to four 

 months; so that in a few years the collection will be complete. — 

 The subscription for the first delivery, which will take place in 

 November 1814, obliges the subscriber to take the two follow- 

 ing: but payment in advance is expected for the first only; and 

 every subscriber is at liberty to dechne taking 'more than the 

 three. Any person procuring ten subscribers shall have a col- 

 lection for himself gratis. It is proposed to exchange fossils with 

 naturahsts who reside in countries which abound in petrifactions, 

 and who wish to procure this accommodation. Letters and 

 money to be addressed (postage free) to Hanau by Frankfort 

 <on the Maine." 



NEW VOLCANIC ISLAND. 



A verv singular phsenomenon has occurred in the Russian pro- 

 vince of Tschernemerk, in the vicinity of Alternzruk, immediately 

 opposite the salt-works. On the 10th of May last, at two P.M. 

 ' the weather being calm and f;erene, a noise was suddenly heard 

 from the sea^ about 200 toises from the shore. Flames issued 

 forth, accompanied with explosions resembling those of cannon; 

 thick clouds of vapour rose at the same time ; and enormous 

 masses of earth and huge stones were hurled with force into the 

 air. Ten very violent eruptions took place successively within 

 a quarter of an hour. Those that followed were protracted till 

 after night. Then an islet was seen to rise from the sea, pour- 

 ing forth from several mouths a bituminous matter, which sub- 

 •equently assumed a firmer consistency. Whik this phaenomenon 

 was evaporating, a particular smell spread about the distance of 

 ten wersts around : this smell had not any resemblance to that 

 of sulphur. On the 20th, the examination of this islet was com- 

 menced. It was thought to be inaccessible, being surrounded on 

 every side by hardened bitumen : at last they succeeded in pe- 

 netrating to the interior. Its elevation is a toise and a half above 

 the level of the sea, and its surface entirely covered with a stony 

 whitish m^s, 



FALL 



