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For the Library. 



History of Vermont, Natural, Civil, and Statistical, in three parts, 

 with a new map of the State, and two hundred engravings, I vol., 

 octavo, by Zadock Thompson. — From the Author, by the hands 

 of the Hon. G. P. Marsh, House of Representatives . 



Remarks on Tides, and the prevailing currents of the Ocean and 

 Atmosphere, pamphlet, by W. C. Redfield. — From John Var' 

 den. 



Description of an African Beetle, allied to Scarabaeus Polyphemus, 

 with remarks upon some other Insects of the same group, pamphlet, 

 by Thaddeus Wm. Harris, M. D., Librarian of Harvard College, 

 Massachusetts. — From Rev. T. S. Savage, M. D., Protestant 

 Episcopal Missionary to Africa. 



Dr. M. C. Buck made a report from the Medical Department. 



The Corresponding Secretary announced the following donations 

 and deposites : 



For the Cabinet. 



Fossil, from the Rocky Mountains, January 23, 1844 ; Lead Ore, 

 and Crystals, from the Rapids of the Mississippi River, near War- 

 saw. — From David Myerle. 



American Water Rotted Hemp, by Mrs. Isaacs, of Salina County, 

 Missouri. — From Mrs. Isaacs. 



Box, containing a series of Ichthyolites, and an Antique Etruscan 

 Cup, from Milan. — From Thomas Lloyd Halsey. 



Box, containing Headstone of a Janisary's Tomb, with inscription 

 upon it, taken from a Cemetery at Constantinople. — From Dr. 

 Boyd Reilly. 



Box, containing a Portrait of Abd-ul-Medjid-Khan, the present Sul- 

 tan of Turkey. — From George A. Porter, U. S. Consul at Con- 

 stantinople. 



Box, containing specimens of all the varieties of Malta and Gizo 

 Marbles, Pamphlets, &z;c. — From W. W. Andrews, U. S. Consul 

 at Malta. 



Petrified Wood, from the petrified forest near Cairo, in Egypt; 

 Shield and Powder Flask taken from an Arab Chief, who was 

 killed by an English officer at the capture of Aden, by the hands 

 of Consul Andrews. — From Capt. LevicJc, Fifty-Ninth Regi- 

 ment. 



Box of Dried Plants, from the Equator. — From General Isidrio 

 Barriga, Quito. 



Box, containing Scales of the Alligator Gar ; Skin of a Purple Squir- 

 rel, (nondescript.) — From Major E. G. W. Butler, Dumboyne 

 Plantations, Louisiana. 



Specimens of Tobacco of Lynchburg, Virginia, prepared in two 

 different ways. — From Judge H. fV. Garlcnd, Virginia. 



