444 Miscellaneous Intelligence. 
promising district of northwest Australia extended far to the south, to 
the middie of the continent, and beyond it, at least to the latitude of 
Gascoyne River. One significant fact supported the latter opinion, and 
a d 
that was the occurrence of large trees which ated down 
the rivers of northwest Australia, and found at their mouths,—an 
occ own in southwestern Australia. In conclusion, Mr 
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of mankind. 
8. On Preserving the Balance between Vegetable and Animal Organ- 
ms in Sea-water; by R. WarrincTon, (Proc. Brit. Assoc., 1853; 
and promising district would be explored and laid open for the benefit 
water without changing the water. It is not sufficient that there should 
be plants alone ; but where the higher animals such as fish are kept, it 
is necessary that some beings should exist which will feed on the decay- 
ing vegetable matter. This desideratum is supplied by the various 
water creatures are, however, more varied than those of fresh; 
hence the difficulty had been proportionally great in arriving at a suc- 
64 pp. 12mo, with a map. Burlington, 1853.—This Appendix to Mr. 
Thompson’s Vermont, is devoted to its Natural History, Geology; 
Meteorology and surface Features, in which departments it contains 
considerable original information. Among the discoveries of the author 
are the bones of the elephant, and of a new fossil whale. The latter 1s 
| y Mr. Thompson the Beluga vermontana, (this Jour., [2] 1% 
256.) We cite the following altitudes of different places in Vermont, 
