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A. M. Edwards on the occurrence of living jorms, &c. 239 
and the edges were tinged a deep orange or red. Many of 
the trains remained visible several seconds, and sometimes even 
minutes after the disappearance of the meteor. The train of 
0. 52 was very brilliant, and visible about five minutes. It 
oc to float toward the north as if driven by a steady 
reeze,” 
Art. XXVIII.—On the occurrence of living forms in the hot 
waters of California ; by ArtTHUR Mzap Epwarps. (Ina 
letter to the Editors, dated 49 Jane st., N. Y., Jan. 23, 1868, 
1 speci 
during the prosecution of the State Geological Survey, 
and so wrote. I received but one specimen from hot or saline 
I made, as I ha requested, a very careful examination, 
with these results. I found it to consist mostly of fine sand, 
mixed with a little of what seemed to e refuse of d g 
and h. laced under Orthosira aan W.S., and by 
Smith in his § The number o | f this species 
is § webaale its determination. - Besides this, I 
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