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Wolf, Prof. Theodor. Geognostischc Mittheilungcu aus Ecuador. 



[Geological Notes from Equador.] iV. Jahrh. Heft ii. pp. 152- 



170, Heft V. pp. 449-472, Heft vi. pp. 561-584. 



Record of the volcanic eruptions and earthquakes which are reported 



to have occurred in Ecuador since the Spanish conquest. Critical 



examination of the accounts of the old chroniclers. F. W. 11. 



Wortlien, A. H. Geological Survey of Illinois, vol. vi. part i. 

 Geology, pp. 1-244. 



Completes the publications of the Geological Survey of the State, the 

 remainder of the volume being devoted to Palaiontology. The first 9 

 chapters are by Mr. Worthen — the first treating of the Coal Measures 

 of Illinois in general, and the others being concerned with the special 

 geological features of 16 counties. The geology of 10 additional 

 counties is discussed in the remaining 10 chapters of this section of 

 the work by Messrs. Broadhead, Cox, and Freeman. The formations 

 described arc principally the Coal Measures and the Drift, many 

 detailed sections of the former being tabulated. H. A, N. 



