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AMERICAN JOURNAL 



OBITUARY. 



M. CANTRAINE. 



Professor of Zoology at the University of Ghent. He pub- 

 lished in 1840, in the "Memoires de l'Acaddmie Royal e de 

 Bruxelles, XIII.," and also separately in quarto a " Malaco- 

 logie Mediterraneenne," containing 173 pp., 4to., illustrated 

 by 6 beautiful colored plates. 



CHARLES A. POULSON. 



We have, finally, to mourn the death of one of the earliest 

 supporters of natural science, and of Conchology in particular, 

 in America. Mr. Poulson is known only by one publication 

 to naturalists generally — by his " Monograph of the Bivalve 

 Shells of the River Ohio," being a translation of a work by 

 Rafinesque; but to many of our earlier Conchologists he was 

 a firm friend, furnishing "aid and comfort" freely for the pro- 

 motion of their objects. He was also an enthusiastic collector, 

 and amassed a cabinet which, a few years ago, would have 

 been considered one of the best in the United States. By Mr. 

 Poulson's will this collection is to be appraised and offered at 

 private sale to public institutions; but should no sale be thus 

 effected, it will be disposed of at auction. 



