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PALAEONTOLOGICAL CABINET. ^»g^^t in 



1. The fossils of New Brunswick — from which, in ninny cases, the age of'^^^^^" ® 

 rock-formations have been determined. [Some of these fossils, such as *• ^hey 

 Primordial Trilobites and Devonian Insects, are of peculiar interest, as bfiiiierals ( 

 Hie earliest known representatives of their tyjie on the continent, and in ng^jimens 

 latter case, in the Avorld.] reftter cei 



2. Fossils of Nova Scotia, including many fine specimens from the celebKj.^„„ „^ 

 coal-sections of the Jogf^ins, Pictou and Caiie Breton. ^ mi 



.?. Canadian and North American Fossils characteristic of the differ ... 



periods or American geological history. 



' 4. Th6\ 



4, A collection of foreign Fossils, TiOO in number, arranged according to * . 



eminent French Palaeontologist, Bronn. ' acquire 



To the above may be added a largo number of Miscellaneous -^^^'^-^Z \u 



such as VT J J 



nnted de 



Models of Crystals; Sopwiths Geological Models; Models of Iron and S » „,, 



Furnaces, See. ; Pottery Works and Tools ; Glass Furnaces, Iron Rollers, &c^ *_ ^^ 

 Furnace Products, Slags, ^c. 

 Maps — Geological and Physical ; Charts. 

 Plates— Chemical- Anatomical, Botanical, Geological, &c. 



And finally, a 



MICROSCOPICAL AND HISTOLOGICAL CABINET. 



Embracing (in all over 200 slides,) 



a. Animal Tissues (Bones, Teeth, Muscle, Glands, Lungs, &c.) 



b. Vegetable Tissues, (Wood, Seeds, Sec.) 

 r. Sections of Fossils, &o. 

 d. Objects for illustrating the phenomena of polarized light. 



luitrated 

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7. And 

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 ruths, ail 



It foU(j 



Such is the condition of our Cabinet at the present time, a condiUost prol 

 certainly upon which to congratulate ourselves, but as certainly jct connj 

 capable of great improvement, but in the better display of what wepliterarl 

 ready possess and in the addition to many departments of articles)r the uj 

 w Inch we are now deficient. ons in 



The advantages attending the possession and use of such a coUectaid to tl 

 are almost too obvious to need enumeration, yet I would briefly calJmnto 

 tention to a few of them, as bearing upon their educational value, aws anc 

 the consequent importance of their direct connection with a seatnder 

 learning like our own. nowlec 



1 . In the first place then, they present in a condensed and system;; Te fu 

 form an epitome of all organic and inorganic nature. They exhibit, rhen m 

 by side, natural objects from all quarters of the globe, illustrating tbr«itec 

 relationships and contrasting their dift'erences, and thus aiford a cleaossibk 



