198 Miscellanies. 



the Indian Archipelago. A smaller number inhabits the south of the 

 Mediterranean, and some only the European seas. A peculiarity 

 with respect to the analogous species of the third epoch is, that they 

 still inhabit the seas which wash in part the deposits from which they 

 are receding. This is observable at Nice, Rochelle, and in many 

 other places, in which shell formations of this order are in the vicini- 

 ty of the sea. 



The work of M. Deshayes, say the committee, appears to us to 

 be in all respects a model. Founded on the observation of more 

 than forty thousand specimens, every thing is proved by facts, every 

 thing is reduced to figures. — Rev. Encyc. Oct. 1831. 



NECBOLOGY. 



JBatavia. — Count Charles Vidua le Gonzano, after travelling 

 through the greater part of Europe, through America, and particular- 

 ly on its western coast, and through the greater part of Asia, died 

 on the 25th of December, 1830, just as he was returning from the 

 Island of Celebes, and was entering the gulf of Amboyna. He spent 

 several months in the Isle of Java in 1829, traversing the greater por- 

 tion of it, and displaying often inconceivable corporeal strength in 

 surmounting the obstacles which were presented to his progress. He 

 had proposed to fix, by barometrical observations on the summits of 

 the mountains, a line extending from Samarany to the southern side 

 of the island. He visited the Indian Archipelago, and the Mollucca 

 Islands, whence he made an excursion to the coast of New Guinea. 

 — Rev. Encyc. Oct. 1831. 



Count Vidua has not published any relation of his travels except 

 a collection of Greek inscriptions which he had collected in the Turk- 

 ish empire. It is known that his notes were continually forwarded 

 to one of his friends in Europe. The occurrence of his visit at New 

 York about 1825 or 26, his amiable deportment, and the interest he 

 took in the benevolent and literary institutions of our country, are well 

 remembered. G, 



OTHER NOTICES. 



1. Case of treatment by carded cotton. — The authors of the Bib. 

 Univ. say that they guarantee the authenticity of the following case : 

 A girl twelve years of age, who had enjoyed good health, was ta- 



