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9. Geological Tour over the State of New York.—We would com- 
mend to all students who wish to acquire a knowledge of American 
geology, the following announcement of Col. E. Jewett of Utica, New 
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and fossils and has himself one of the largest collections of New York 
fossils that have ae ma Hs He has gone on such tours with students 
for several years; and last year, as well as the preceding, several 
joined him from Cambridge, by the strong recommendation of Prof. 
Agassiz. New York is the key state of the continent in a geological 
point of view, and no better field for study on the part of a beginner in 
itis science could be pointed out.—Col. Jewett writes as follows : 
‘“*T propose to be at Burlington, Vermont (where any student can join 
the party,) on Tuesday morning the fifth of August, and begin the cam- 
paign at Port Kent opposite, on the Potsdam sandstone.—If the weather 
is favorable the tour can be made in four weeks. The whole expenses 
or each individual will amount to about one hundred dollars, while 
with me, my fee is thirty dollars. 
A very fair collection of fossils can be made by all who wish, and 
the tour itself is one of the most pecs that can be markedout. We 
cs visit the beautiful cafion of the Au Sable, the Thousand Isle of 
e St. Lawrence, the Falls of the Genesee at Rochester, Niagara falls, 
Fohage falls, Trenton falls, and al] the eget principal towns and cities 
of northern and western New York. Al i aie , accompanied me 
have expressed their pleasure and entire sicutiott 
We understand wt that Col. Jewett has labeled eallaetiions of fossils 
and rocks to dispos 
10. Earthquakes in California ; by W. P. BLAKE. oa is bebe known 
in California that it is an “ earthquake ein o% The e given to 
one of the broad indentations of the — Bahia de "hat Temblores 
the Southern Mission cy On ments, is not yet forge by the native 
Californians. This, however, is not the only severe shock which has 
en felt, and which 6 reaper life and sideuteds According to 
B. Fresk: of California, who has made a record of all the known 
awaken me by the si nade n saeenaiil of the bed. A notice ‘of this 
Was given in Silliman’s Journal. A letter just received teas 
states that “the recent shock in San Francisco occurred at 5. 25 P.M. : 
P visor 15th. The motion was undulatory, and at the same time 
tical. Square bottles and boxes were moved horizontally, and 
described an arc of about 30 degrees. In some of the stores on Mont- 
gomery and other streets small articles were thrown outwards two or 
three feet from the south side of the walls, and those next the north 
walls were thrown forwards in several cases.” He further states that 
“it was the fifth earthquake felt in the city since the 2d of — 2 
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