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made here his whole scientific career. He returned indeed to his native 
Botany, and his personal biography is very interesting. A full account — 
of these is given by Mr. Durand, in an excellent address delivered to the — 
Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences, and in an article by Mn 
Meehan in his Gardener’s Monthly for January, 1860. A critical esti. 
mate of Mr. Nuttall’s contributions to science must be deferred to another 
occasion. He died at his residence, Nutgrove, near Preston, Lancashire, — 
on the 10th of September last, aged 75 years. 
Zootocica Notices.— 
1. A trip to Beaufort, N. Carolina ;,by Wm. Srimpson, M.D.—The My 
which divides the Areniferous region* into two nearly equal parts, 
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Atlantic shores, and particularly of procuring and examining 4 species of 
Lingula said to be found on the southern coast, I undertook its explora 
tion in the month of March last, in company with my friend Mr. : 
Theodore Gill. The harbor of Beaufort is situated at one of the ar 
outlets of Pamlico Sound, where it joins Bogue Sound. It is shallow ote 
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