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of tin, promptly produces an amalgam of gold. A particle 

 of corrosive sublimate, or a single drop of its solution may 

 thu- be tested. In this case the addition of muriatic acid 

 is not necessary. 



Samuel Parkes, Esq. F. L. S. &;c. of London, has re- 

 ceived the honorary degree of Master of Arts, from the 

 President and Fellows of Yale College. 



Professor Buckland of the University of Oxford, and Dr. 

 J. Wright and Dr. J. I. Bigsby of the Medical Depart- 

 ment of the British Army in Canada, have been elected 

 honorary members of the American Geological Society. 



N. B. The Title of Art. III. should have been; "Noti- 

 ces of the Geology of Martha's Vineyard and the Eliza- 

 beth Islands, by Rev. E. Hitchcock, A. M. Conway, 

 Mass." 



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