316 Intelligence and Miscellaneous Articles. 



geology, hut leaving geologists to the free exercise of induction from 

 observed facts, in ascertaining the circumstances and phsenoraena 

 under which that work of Omnipotence was effected. This is suc- 

 ceeded by a notice by the Editor (illustrated by a good lithograph) 

 of Rhinoceroides Alleghaniensis, a new fossil genus of Pachyderniata, 

 a portion of a jaw of which has been discovered in the diluvium or 

 alluvium of Pennsylvania, agreeing in most of its proportionate di- 

 mensions with that of Rhinoceros, but differing from it by " the great 

 space between the intermaxillary suture (very distinct in the fossil,) 

 and the place of the first molar, being in the fossil twice as much as 

 in the recent R. Indicus;" and also by " the occupation of two inci- 

 sors in the fossil, of the space allotted to one incisor in the R. Indi- 

 cus." 



The next article, which is also by the Editor, is " On the An- 

 cient Drainage of North America, and the Origin of the Cataract of 

 Niagara," illustrated by a lithographic " flat view" of that cataract. 

 In a note to this paper, we have the following remark on a subject 

 not long since discussed in our pages : '•' That the recession of these 

 falls is effected as Mr. Lyell supposes, we have never doubted ; but 

 a long and familiar acquaintance with the cataract has induced us to 

 adopt the opinion we have just seen announced by the Rev. W. D. 

 Conybeare (Phil. Mag. and Annals, No. 52, April 183 1, page 267), 

 that in forming the first estimates of this [Mr. Lyell's] computation 

 [that Lake Erie will be reached in 30,000 years] 'some partial degra- 

 dation of the strata has been here mistaken for the general retrogra- 

 dation.' " We then have " The Diary of a Naturalist," kept at the 

 Bartram Botanic Garden, near Philadelphia. Some observations on 

 the vagaries of nomenclature recently exhibited by certain French 

 geologists, compose the next article. The remainder of the Number 

 consists of some excellent remarks on the adjudication of the first 

 WoUaston prize to Mr. Smith, animadverting with much justice on 

 Dr. Brewster's treatment of the Geological Society on that account; 

 an account of Lord Bridgewater's bequest, from the Phil. Mag. and 

 Annals for March last; an e.ssay by a correspondent on the " Influence 

 of Climate on the Fruitfulness of Plants," and various scientific me- 

 moranda, including a notice of some newly discovered remains of the 

 Mastodon, among which is a skull in better preservation than any yet 

 discovered of this animal. 



Again we express our cordial wishes for the prosperity of this work, 

 which we are convinced will perform very important services to 

 science. 



September 28, 1831. 



MR. Harvey's researches on naval architecture. 



Mr. Harvey of Plymouth has received from the Emperor of Russia, 

 a splendid diamond ring, on account of his recent researches on 

 ship-building. A very flattering letter accompanied the present. 



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