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fifth at 3 A. M., and the sixth at 7 a. m, Al niy summer residence in ^ 



the country, eighty miles from Melfi, the house shook to its foundation, ^ 



and such was the vibration, that it was difficult to descend the staircase. 

 For ten minutes previous the house dog howled in most dismal tones, 

 the chickens cackled and hurried about as if fleeing from some anticipated 

 danger, and a pair of turkeys rose in the air and flew around the house 

 screaming as if seized by a secret terror, while all the dogs in the 

 neighborhood were in full bay. No damage was done at La Cava, or 

 at Naples, beyond slight cracks in old wails. • * * 



The loss of life from the earthquake of the 14th ult.y it is supposed 

 will amount to more than two thousand five hundred souls. 



3. Palcegnlographical Society. — This Society was established in 1847, 

 for the publication of works on British fossils, for the benefit of its mem- 

 bers. Asubscriplion of one guinea a year is required for membership, and 

 the addition of names is solicited, as the amount of the publications per 

 year depend on the income. The works thus far published are in 4to., 

 and at the ordinary cost of similar publications could not be obtained at 

 four times the amount which members actually pay. The engravings 

 are in the highest style of the art, and the memoirs are all from au- 

 thors of established reputation. The publications began in 1848, and 

 are as follows : 



Monograph of the Crag Mollusca, or Descriptions of Shells from the 

 middle and upper tertiary of the East of England; by S. V. Wood, F.G.S* 

 Pan I. Univalves; 208 pp., with 21 plates" Part II. Bivalves; 150 pp., 

 with 12 plates. 



Monograph of the Entomostraca of the Cretaceous Formation of Eng- 

 land, by T. Rupert Jones, Esq. ; 37 pp., with 7 plates. — A monograph 

 of the Permian fossils of England, by Wm. King ; xxxviii and 258 pp., 

 with 28 plates. 



Monograph of the Fossil Reptilia of the London Clay ; Part I. Che- 

 Ionia, by Professors Owen and Bell ; 78 pp., with 28 plates- Part H. 

 Crocodilia and Ophidia, by Prof. Owen ; 68 pp. with 16 plates. Part III. 

 Fossi! Reptilia of the cretaceous formations, by Prof. Ov/en ; 118 pp., 

 with 37 plates. 



The Eocene Mollusca, by Frederick E. Edwards. Part I. Cepha- 

 lopoda; 58 pp., wiih 9 plates. 



Monograph of British Fossil Corals, by H. Milne Edwards and 

 Jules IIaime. First Part: Corals of the Tertiary and Cretaceous For- 

 mations; I.xxxvi and 72 pp., with 11 plates. Second Part: Corals of 

 the Oolitic Formations; 75 pp., with 19 plates. 



Mopogr^ph of the Mollusca from the Great Oolite, chiefly from Mln- 

 chinhamptin and the coast of Yorkshire ; by J. Morris and John Ly- 

 CETT. Parti. Univalves; 130 pp., with 15 plates. 



Monograph of British Oolitic and Liasic Brachiopoda, by Thomas 

 Davidson ; 64 pp., with 13 plates. 



Monograph of the Fossil Lepadldse or Pedunculated Cirripeds of 

 Great Britain, by Chas, Darwin; 88 pp., with 5 plates. 



Sir H.T. De la Beche is President of the Society. Persons wishing 

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