198 Miscellanite. 
the Indian Archipelago. A smaller number inhabits the south of the 
Mediterranean, and some only the European seas. A peculiarity 
with respect to the analogous species of the third epoch is, that they 
still inhabit the seas which wash in part the deposits from which they 
are receding. ‘This is observable at Nice, Rochelle, and in many 
other — in which shell formations of this order are in the vicini- 
ty of the se 
The sey of M. Deshayes, say the committee, appears to us to 
be in all respects‘a model. Founded on the observation of more 
than forty thousand specimens, every thing is proved by facts, every _ 
thing is reduced to figures.— Heo. Encye. Oct. 1831. 
NECROLOGY. 
Batavia —Count Cuaries Vipua te Gonzano, after travelling 
through the greater part of Europe, through America, and particular- 
ly on its rcnare coast, and through the greater part of Asia, died 
‘on the 25th of December, 1830, just as he was returning from the 
Island of Celebes, and was entering the gulf of Amboyna. He spent 
several months in the Isle of Java in 1829, traversing the greater por: 
tion of it, and displaying often Hi 8 corporeal strength in 
surmounting the obstacles which were presented to his progress. He 
had proposed to fix, by barometrieal observations on the summits s of 
the mountains, a line extending from Samarany to the; 
of the island. “He visited the Indian Archipelago; and the Mollucca 
Islands, whence he made an excursion to ihe, coast of New Guinea. 
—Rev. Encyc. Oct. 1831. ee 
Count Vidua has not published any Fefaton ‘of a ravell except 
a collection of Greek inscriptions, which he had collected in the Turk- — 
ish empire. It is known that his notes were continually forwarded 
to one of his friends in Europe. The occurrence of his visit at New 
York about 1825 or 26, his amiable deportment, and the interest he 
took in the benevolent and literary institutions of our romps are well 
remembered. G. 
es : OTHER NOTICES. taal 
1, Case of treatment og carded cotton.—The authors of the Bib. 
Univ. say that they guarantee the authenticity of the following. case + 
A girl twelve years of age, who had enjoyed good health, was t- 
