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167 Aflevering. Amsterdam. 4to. — From H. M. the King of the 

 Netherlands. 



Information concerning the History, Condition and Prospects of the 

 Indian Tribes of the United States : — collected and prepared un- 

 der the direction of the Bureau of Indian AtFairs, per Act of 

 Congress of JMarch 3, 1847. By Henry R. Schoolcraft, LL. D. 

 Illustrated by S. Eastman, Capt. U. S. Army. Published by 

 authority of Congress. Part 2. Philada. 1852. 4to. — From 

 L. Lea, Esq., Commissioner of Indian Affairs. 



The Life of Major General Peter Muhlenberg, of the Revolutionary 

 Army. By Henry A. Muhlenberg. Philada. 1849. 8vo. — 

 From the Author. 



Financial Report of the State Treasurer, for the fiscal year, ending 

 Nov. 29, 1851. Harrisburg. 8vo. — From W. A. Crabb, Esq. 



The American Journal of Science and Arts. Second Series. Vol. 

 XIII. No. 39. May, 1852. New Haven. 8\o.— From the^ 

 Editors, Profs. Silliman and Dana. 



The Medical News and Library. Vol. X. No. 113. May, 1852. 

 Philadelphia. 8vo. — From Blanchard Sf Lea. 



The Plough, the Loom and the Anvil. Vol. IV. No. 10. April, 

 1852. Philada. and N. York. 8wo.— From F. G. Skinner, 

 Esq., Editor. 



Journal of the Franklin Institute. Third Series. Vol. XXIII. No. 

 5. May, 1852. Philadelphia. 8vo. — From the Institute. 



The African Repository. Vol. XXVIII. No. 5. May, 1852. Wash- 

 ington. 8vo. — From the American Colonization Society. 



Dr. Kane exhibited to the Society a number of specimens of 

 vegetable matter found by him on the ice-plains of the Polar 

 seas. 



They consisted of the minute filaments and radicles of two species 

 of moss, (undetermined,) mingled with the leaves and corticle of a 

 heath, recognizable by the unassisted eye as the andromeda tetra- 

 gona; the broken thalli of several lichens, and in one case, the cap- 

 sule of a saxifrage. 



These were collected at different times during the long ice drift of 

 the late Grinnell expedition, and at distances from land varying from 

 40 to 76 miles. They appeared as almost microscopic specks upon 

 the surface of the snow fields, and would readily elude casual ob- 

 servation. They had been undoubtedly conveyed from the shore 



