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Bunch of Grapes curiously grown in a phial. — From G. Gallant. 

 Mexican Spur, taken from the foot of a Mexican soldier, slain at the 



battle of San Jacinto, by Col. J. Taylor, of Ahha[aa..-~Deposi(ed 



by Judge Bryan. 

 Alligator, ( Crocodilas lucius,) — From Col. 11. Whiting, U. S. A. 

 Fossil Wood, from deep cut on Baltimore and Washington Railroad. 



— From Joseph IVillctt. 

 Five Pieces of Coin. — From A. TV. Deorselling. 

 One specimen Icterus baltimore, one specimen Icterus agripennis, 



one Picus erythrocephalus. — From J. U. Fowler. 

 Tringa Wilsonii. — From J. T. Given. 

 Cypselus pelasgius. — From Mr. Johnson. 

 White Racoon Skin, (Procyon lotor,) from the Rocky Mountains. — 



From W. B. Todd. 

 The following Fossil and other Casts. — From Professor J. hoclce, 



of Cincinnati. 



4 Isotelus megistos,yl Jams Co., O. 2 Pentamerus oblongus, /S/jringj/ie/fZ, O. 



3 " " Cincinnati, O. 1 " " Maquokata Riv. Iowa. 



1 " " Warren Co., O. 1 Lingula, Cincinnati, O. 



2 " gigas, Covington, Ky. 1 Orbicula, Hamilton Co., O. 



2 " " Cincinnati, O. 1 Atrypa testudinaria, Brown Co., O. 



1 " meg'istos, Maysville, Ky . " (undetermined,) 



1 " undetermined, Cincinnati, O, 1 Bivalve resem'gunio, Cincinnati, O. 



1 Calymene Blumenbachii, Dudley, Eng 1 " " " Mouth of Lick- 



2 " Senaria, Springfield, O. ing River, Ky. 



2 " " Richmond, O. 2 Fucoidcs, Covington, Ky. 

 1 " " Cincinnati, O. 2 " Cincinnati, O. 



1 " Downingiffi, Dudley, Eng. 1 " Mason, O. 



3 Triarthus Beckii, Newport, Ky. 1 " Adams Co., O. 



1 Cryptolitus tessellatus, Newport, Ky. 2 " Cauda-Galli, Scioto Co., O. 



1 Dupleura Deitayi, ZiOcA:por<, N.Y. 1 " Ha.r\a.ni, Alle'y Mountains. 



2 Strophoinena alternata, Cincinnati, O. 1 Pterina carinata, Cincinnati, O. 

 1 Asaphus tuberculatus, Springfield, O. 1 " " Richmond, Ind. 



1 " caudatus, Cincinnati, O. 1 Shell resem'g Gryphea, Columbus, O. 



3 " undetermined, Columbus, O. 1 Diluvial grooves, near Dayton, O. 



1 " " Louisville, Ky. 1 Star coral, Cincinnati, O. 



2 Large mouth piece of Isotelus megis- 1 Cornularia quadrisulcata, Richmond. Id. 



tos, Cincinnati, O. 3 Apocrinitcs reticulata, Cincinnati. O. 



1 Trilobite, undetermined, Lo(;i^ort,JV.Y. 9 luipression of coal vegetables, Muskin- 



4 " " Springfield, O. ' gum Co., O. 

 1 " " Cincinnati, 0.1 " " " Rushville, II. 

 1 Bilobitc fucoid, Cincinnati, O. 1 Apocrinites reticulata, LiiiieiWiami, O. 

 1 Peutaraerus oblongus, Preble Co., O. 



For the Library. 



Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitted in obedience 

 to a resolution of the House of Representatives, of 29th June, 

 1838, Doc. No. 21, 3d Session, 25th Congress.— i'row Hon. 

 Levi Woodbury. 

 Discourse delivered before the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 

 1842, by Job R. Tyson. — From the Author. 

 The President of the United States, Patron of the Institute, deposit- 

 ed the full length likeness of M. Guizot, executed by Mr. Healey, 



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