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was most intensely hot, and such a season has scarcely ever 
been remembered there. Nearly a period of twelve weeks 
elapsed without a single drop of rain, and the papers repre- 
sent the country as absolutely burnt up. ‘The thermometer 
of Fahrenheit was daily as high as 90 degrees, even in cool — 
parts of the city, and was in many places between 90 and 100 
degrees throughout the day. The waters of the river Seine 
were extremely low indeed. ' 
7. Sea Serpent.—Capt. Holdrege, of the ship Silas Rieh- 
ards, which arrived yesterday from Liverpool, states that in 
passing George’s Banks, five days since, he had a fair view 
of the sea serpent. It was about ten rods from the ship, the 
sea perfectly calm, and that part which appeared out of water 
about sixty feet in length. ‘The head and protuberance were 
similar to the representations which have frequently been giv- 
en of him by persons who had seen him near Cape Ann. He 
was going at a very slow rate, and appeared unmindful of 
the ship. He was visible about seven minutes to the passen- 
gers and crew, who were on deck at the time. A certificate 
has been drawn up and signed by the passengers, which, with 
a drawing made by one of the gentlemen, gives a minute de- 
scription of the serpent as seen by them. The number and 
credibility of the witnesses, place beyond all doubt the exist- 
ence of such an animal as a sea serpent.—New- York Adver- 
tiser, June 21, 1826. <a 
8. Relique Diluviane. Hayden's Geological Essays. 
: Eaton’s Survey.—A letter from Prof. Buckland to the Edi- 
tor, dated Paris, March 1, 1826, states, that this gentleman 
was then on his way to the South of France, Italy and Sicily, 
or the purpose of continuing his researches on the diluvial 
deposits in those parts of Europe, before the publication of a 
second volume of the Reliquiz, for which the author has 
amassed a large store of materials from England. He is very 
d to be 1ed as to the contents of our vast caverns 
in the west and south-west, and mentions with much interest 
- Mr. Eaton’s proposed examination of certain caverns, in the 
state of New-York and elsewhere. 
For the sake of promotin the very int i arches 
of Professor Buckiand, aa of “ahs ss asides 
which 
; nd, ying his conclusions, 
wie must Mcrease in importance, the more the se from 
which the evidence is drawn, are diversified and extended, 
