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our route of march, by the Téche, at least five miles north of Franklin, 
Louisiana. 
He would also add, that although borings have been made to even 
more than 15 or 18 foot at other parts of the Gulf coast, which seemed 
similar in character et no other considerable deposits had been 
been made from the brine springs or wells——TZrans. Acad. Sci., St. 
4, Fossil Spider from the Coal ‘splepas by Dr. F. — (Jahrb, 
Min. of Leonhard & Geinitz, 1866, p- 1 6).—Dr. Roemer has here de- 
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formation of Upper Silesia. It is called the Protalycosa ——— 
a name that ee a near relation in general habit to the modern Ly- 
3 . €osa, The body is about an inch long. Appended to this nh is a 
notice of a specimen of Arthropleura armata Jordan, from the Carbon- 
iferous beds of Zwickau, by Dr. Geinitz. The specimen is sufficient to 
show that the animal was a ee it is evidently part of the cara- 
~~ and probably of a Decapod. 
5. Observations on the casi strata of Texus ; by B. F. Suumarp, 
M.D., State Geologist. 9 pp. 8vo. From the Transactions of the Acad. 
Sci. at St. Louis—The paper gives an important section of the strata 
with Ih desrons and a list of fossils, The Lower Cretaceous—arenace- 
Ba i oa le ae eh i 
Nova Scotia, for the year 1865; ys as Provincial Secre- 
tary. 32 vo. 1866. Halifax, N. S—This s Report treats mainly of 
matters of economical interest. We learn from it that the quantity: of 
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tion in Nova Scotia is nes ‘and that the total quantity of “ Roun 
and Slack Coal” sold i the mines during the year ending Sept. 30, 
1865, was 652,854 to 
". Geo logical Survey of Nova Scotia: ate How’s Report on certain 
minerals found by Dr. Honeymann. . PP. to.—The minerals are ores 
of copper, lead ody iron, barytes, limes iter “pencil stone. 
- Sulla Geologia del? Italia ante. estratto di alcune lezioni orali 
date nel maggio, 1864, dal Cav. Iemvo Coceut, raceolte e publicate per 
cura di C. Purnr e di A. Marrant. 100 pp. 8v0., with 2 plates. Firenze, 
1864.—The author discusses with new and interesting views the nature 
and origin of the later formations and the features of Central — 
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the geology of the region, in the Proceedings of the American Philo- 
_— Society, x, 266, 1866. ae _ er abi 
0. Orographic Geology, or the Origin a tructure of Mountains: 
A io by Gr Georez L. Voss, Civil Engineer. 136 pp. 8v0. Bos- 
ton, 1866.—The author of this work has here presented a general 
