648 Orang at the Zoological Gardens. 



majesty and splendour. Its course was to the north, or a 

 little north-west, inclining to the horizon. Its elevation 

 above the horizon was about thirty degrees. Its size was 

 about that of the sun in its zenith, and its colour that of iron 

 heated to whiteness. It was visible about a minute, and ex- 

 ploded, as it was passing out of sight. Many fragments fell 

 from it, throwing out an intense light of beautiful colours. 

 Many say they heard a report as of distant cannon, though I 

 did not. A long track was left behind it of a greyish colour, 

 which continued waving and expanding for some minutes, 

 and then vanished gradually away. [American Journal of 

 Science and Arts.) 



Valuable Additio7i to the Menagerie of the Zoological So- 

 ciety. — Such of our readers as may not have seen the cir- 

 cumstance mentioned in the public papers, will be gratified 

 at learning that the Zoological Society has just added by 

 purchase to the collection in the Regent's Park a female 

 orang, brought to this country by a sailor from Borneo. 

 The animal does not appear to have suffered much from her 

 long voyage, and is exceedingly docile, and particularly fond 

 of being noticed and caressed. Great hopes are entertained, 

 from the apparent good state of health in which she is at 

 present, that it may be long before it will be necessary to 

 shift her quarters from the menagerie to the museum. — Ed. 



Portrait of Dr. William Smith. — Avery highly finished 

 and admirable likeness of Dr. William Smith, author of 

 Strata identified by their Fossils, and now in his 69th year, has 

 been executed on steel by Ackerman of the Strand. — Ed. 



Literary Notice. 



In the press, and speedily will be published, in one vol. 

 12mo, The Wonders of Geology, with numerous engravings, 

 and a beautifully illustrated frontispiece, representing the 

 country of the Iguanodon, engraved in mezzotinto on steel, 

 by J. Martin, Esq. From the geological discoveries of Dr. 

 Mantell, in Tilgate Forest. By Gideon Mantell, Esq., LL.D., 

 F.R.S. London: Relfe and Fletcher, 17. Comhill. 



