566 Scienti/ic Memoranda. 



Parts of three teeth were sound, one of which was taken out 

 connected with a large fragment of the lower jaw. A portion 

 of one of these teeth was presented to me by my friend Mr. 

 Gaines, but like the other parts, it is, except the enamel, in a 

 state of complete disintegration ; they all crumbled on exposure 

 to the air. Mr. Gaines has promised to exert himself to procure 

 as many parts of the skeleton as he can, and to forward them 

 to me. I shall present them, together with the tooth now in 

 my possession, to our Geological Society for the state of Penn- 

 sylvania. 



SCIENTIFIC MEMORANDA. 



The delay in the distribution of this Number has enabled us 

 to add the following Notices. — Ed. 



Death of Cuvier. — We have to record the death, by paraly- 

 sis, on the 15th May, 1832, of a man pre-eminent as a natural- 

 ist, and as a reformer in natural science, whose fame is beyond 

 the reach of detraction, and whose memory will be revered by 

 all who cultivate nature and cherish sound philosophy, whilst 

 civilization shall endure. He was to his eventful times, what 

 Aristotle was to his own : yet in this he surpassed him — that 

 his works maintain the first place in the literature of every 

 country. It is somewhat to be admired that each of these illus- 

 trious naturalists lived under the two monarchs, whose names 

 must ever be found in the most conspicuous page of history, as 

 military leaders, and ardent protectors of scientific men. We 

 mean Alexander and Napoleon. 



Expedition of Capt. Ross to the Arctic Regiotis. — In his Annual 

 Address to the Linnaean Society, lord Stanley observed, that the 

 name of Capt. Ross was included in the list of deceased fellows ; 

 but he expressed a hope that he might still be alive, although 

 no accounts had been received of him for two years. From in- 

 telligence lately brought to this country, an English vessel had 

 been discovered on the Esquimaux coast embedded in the ice, 

 which is supposed to be the same in which Capt. Ross and his 

 intrepid companions went out. 



