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Soc, Halle; Imp. Agiic Soc, Moscow; Hon. Mem. Lin. Soc, Paris; 



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Mem. of various Lit. and Sden. Soc. in America. 



VOL. XXV.— No. 2.— JANUARY, 1834. 



FOR OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, AND DECEMBER, 1833. 



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