faithfully ex plored, and the shores and dry lands which coéxis 
. Advancement of Science at their meeting in Albany, in 1856. 
158 J. Wyman on Batrachian Reptiles from Ohio. 
work of him who made and sped the spheres, and forrned man 
in his own image? And if he, by the microscope, demonstrated 
the vegetable structure of coal, illustrated the lowest habitable 
depths of the ocean, settled the nature of some of the important 
geological strata, and of the vast deserts otherwise deficient in 
geological indications,—questions of practical importance in our 
investigations of the crust of the earth,—let him receive a corre- 
sponding rank with him who points the telescope to the mighty 
orbs above, determines their magnitudes and movements by ser 
entific induction, and thereby enables us to determine our place 
upon that crust. 
I cannot refrain from quoting, in conclusion, the words of an 
intimate friend in a letter to him, on learning of his appoint 
ment as President for this meeting. He says, “‘I am sure every 
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Art. XV.—On some remains of Batrachian Reptiles discovered in 
the Coal Formation of Ohio, by Dr. J. 8. Newberry and Mr. ©. ML. 
Wheatley ;* by Jerrries Wyman, M.D., of Cambridge, Mass. 
tologist for investigation, is that relating to the’ determina 
the period when the Creator gave forms to organized beings, ane 
phere, and made them living things. But the history of geology, 
shows, that generalizations as to the time and circumstances io 
the creation of given animal forms have approached pre 
h 
* A short verbal account of these fossils was given to the Am. Assoc. for he 
