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ihe Lyceum, a mass of pure native copper, the property - 
H. R. Schoolcraft, Esq. This mass weighs 47 lbs. and wa 
obtained at the month of the Ontonagon river. It is not . 
be confounded with the erence ~_ lying higher up the river, 
and which is composed in ae of serpentine disseminated 
through it in veins.—Dr. "Dek ; cea a description of a new 
species of reptile from Paza, labtaeiee to the genus Lepos- 
ternon of Spix. It was thus characterized. L. oxyrhinchus. 
L. flavido-albidum ; sulcis a longitudinalibus dorso late- 
ribusque. . Rostro acuminato non mucronato.—Dr. Torrey 
read an extract of a letter trots Prof. Thomson of Glasgow, 
containing analyses of several American mimerals, That of 
Sillimanite corresponds in the main with vst a Mr. Bowen, 
but contains 18 pr. ct. of zircon. Cummingtonite is un- 
doubtedly a new mineral species allied to Karpholite. Prof, 
as also made a partial analysis of Dislu:te. It is not an 
aluminous mineral, but a new species allied to spinelle.— Dr, 
Torrey announced that he had received from Mr. Nuttall, a 
mineral from Nova Scotia, which he is inclined to believe 
will prove to be Nepheline, a new mineral species for this 
country. It is the same mineral ie has been considered 
as a new species and termed Lederit . Hosack pre- 
sented the hydrophytologia of ‘Lanpebyes with other valua- 
pe works; also a rich collection of marine plants from t 
oast of Sweden, evans the work of Lynge wt beer 
Mitchill read a portion of a paper entitled “a notice of oc 
currences in natural bears and the sciences connected with 
it, for the last few years in the U, S.—_Mr. Henry Carey was 
elected a resident mem 
Octoser.—Mr. Reynolds read a communication contain- 
ing the result of his enquiries among the whalers and sealers, 
and the observations and discoveries made by this class of 
citizens in the Southern Seas. About 10,000 whales are 
supposed zs be annually destroyed. Mr. 'R. has collected 
and e a mass of evidence sufficient to show the pro- 
bable ga ea of nearly two bundred islands, recks and 
reefs not laid down in pee char t.—Specimens of phy llite 
from Lanéaster, (Mass.) described in vol. 3d, of the halk 
and crystals detached and aionkadl of the American topaz 
om Monroe, (Con.) were presented by Dr. Torrey.—Dr. 
Dekay read a paper entitled, “ description of a ‘hesh water 
fish of the Snes genus Gadus, from Lake Superior.” —Mr. 
