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distance of 803 degrees,—and his observations had left no doubt in his 
own mind that the country about the North Pole was one mass of | 
stupendous blocks of ice. This opinion, he knew, was not by any 
means the popular one; but still he had not made his assertion without 
some claim to knowledge on the subject, and he would stake whatever 
= “ and though he had failed in the object of his mission, it wa 
ing to circumstances over which he had no control. He (Dr. Se sendi 
by) still thought the Pole might be reached. But by water it was, as 
he had said before, wholly impracticable. 
A discussion ensued, in which Mr. Findlay and Dr. Shaw took part ; 
the latter, after directing attention to the Arctic discoveries of Com 
mander Inglefield, a his belief that it was by sea and not by teat 
that a Polar basin isto be sought. The deeper the water the less ice is 
to be expected,—and a screw yacht might start from England in May, 
and return héme in October with an account of a further penetration to 
the northeast between Spitzbergen ~ ~— Zembla than had as yet 
ever been accomplished by any navigat 
On the Consolidation of Coral Societies —-The paper by Prof. 
Horsford referred to on page 357, has recently appeared in a pamphlet 
form, and a copy has been received by the writer from the author. 
The paragraphs from Prof. Horsford’s paper cited in my article in this 
number and the other statements —— . Oy me, remain in the pam- 
phlet as they were published in the Tra 
13. Daguerreotypes for the nena oP daguerreotype sent 
us by Prof. Barnard, as mentioned on page 350, is a very beautiful 
specimen of the art, besides having the peculiar sabteih which aes 
it for the stereoscope. There are two admirable pictures, on the sa 
ber last. The meeting for 1854 was appointed to be held at Liverpool. 
15. Clinochlore——The crystal of Clinochlore figured on page 436, 
vol. xv, of this Journal, was ales the cabinet of William W. Tefferis 
. B. Stri 
death of Mr. H. E. Strickland, who was killed o on Wednesday by a rail- 
way train, whilst Fueraowine the strata of a railway cutting on the Man- 
~~ Sheffield, and rohan line. The melancholy particulars 
re thus given in the daily papers —‘ Mr. Strickland arrived at East 
iation ; and in inate of his practical investigations in 
