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glass jar, of a large Pecten shell, encrusted with corallines, which had 
become loaded with putrescent matter by partial submersion in a foul 
muddy bottom. 
Great care should also be taken in moving the Actinia, that the 
rapidly suffered, and it has required some time before the water could 
be restored to its former healthy condition. 
Apothecaries’ Hall, Sept. 10, 1853. 
IV. AsTrRonomy. 
Its position, March 
6" 10° 27m 30s, M. T, Hamburg was R. A. 180° 35/ 38” and Dec. + 7° 
47' 34”. Mean daily motion in R. A. 10’ 7” decreasing, 1n Dec. 9/ 26”, 
py hone 645.)—Mr. ALBERT 
mphitrite (29), (Compt. Rend., xxxviii, 428, 1)—Mr.. DBE! 
Marra, at - pele Park Observatory in eseem, Apcorers” an- 
ot Soe” : 
Orbit were calculated by M. Yvon Villarceau, according to the meth 
given in the oc eee des Temps for 1852, from 16 observa 
Made at Parig during the month of March. : 
Sxpizs, Vol, XVII, No. 52.—July, 1854. 18. 
