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town, and other places ; Wliite Oak Acorns of three varieties. — 



From Joshua Penrcc. 

 Skin of an Ant Bear.— -From J. J. Drake, of New York, through 



Dr. King. 

 Continental Note of forty dollars, Philadelphia, 1778.— From Carr 



B. Thornton. 

 Dragon Fly, from New Orleans. — From Robert G. Camhbelt. 

 Trunk Fish of the Pacific Ocean.— From David Ridgley. 

 Two English Copper Coins. — From Captain Easby. 

 Two Shells, from the mouth of Wheeling Creek, Ohio.— From Ma- 

 jor Williams. 

 Two Silver Coins of Mexico. — From Rev. Mr. Richards. 

 Calcareous Spar, Stalagmite : Carbonate of Lime, large Stalactite ; 



four specimens Carbonate of Lime, small Stalactite.* — From 



Giles F. Yates, Schenectady 

 Ortyx virginiana, (Quail,) from Maryland. — From Peter Naylor, 



Washington. 



For the Library. 



Etudes Numismatiques et Archeologiques, par Joachim Lelewel ; 

 octava, Bruxelles, 1840. — La Couronne de Poland et sa Roy- 

 aute, by the same.— Analyse et Parallele des trois Constitu- 

 tions Polonaises de 1791, 1807, 1815, traduit du Polonais par 

 E. R. ; Arras, 1833, by the same. — Huitieme Anniversaire de 

 la Revolution Polonaise du 29 Novembre, celebre a. Bruxelles, 

 1838. — Anzieme Anniversaire de la Revolution Polonaise du 29 

 Novembre, celebre a Bruxelles, 18-38. — Dixieme Anniversaire de 

 la Revolution Polonaise du 29 Novembre, celebre a Bruxelles, 

 1838, by the same. — Type Gaulois ou Celtique Atlas, Brux- 

 elles, 1840, by the same. — Antiquites de Pologne de Lituane 

 et de Slavonic Expliquees, No. 1, Bruxelles, 1842, by the same. 

 From Joachim Lelewel, Bruxelles. 



On the Law of Storms, by Lieut. Col. Reid, Governor of Bermuda, 

 2d edition, enlarged, with Charts; London, 1841. — From the 

 Author. 



Manuscript Names of Visitors to the Franklin Press, in Europe and 

 America. — From John B. Murray. 



Galarie de Florence gravee sur Cuivre, et publiee par une Societe 

 d'Amateurs, sous la direction de L. Bartolini, \. Bezzuoli et E. 

 Jesi, avec un Texte en Fran^ais, par Alexandre Dumas, folio ; Flo- 

 rence, 1842, 1st et 2d livraisons. — From John Carroll Brent. 



Trattado di Clinica, Chirurgica, di Placido Portal, vol. 1 ; Trappani, 



♦These are cliaracteristic of formations found in " Howe's Cave," Ossowras 

 Mountain, Schoharie, New York. This cavern was first discovered in May, 

 1842, and explored by Mr. Yates on the fourth of August, 1842. The large stalac- 

 tite was taken from an apartment in the cavern about throe miles from its en- 

 trance. 



