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Bischoff and J. Kohler the collectors, and Messrs. G. K. Gilbert 
and A. k. Marvine the geologists. The enti i 
ing escort, &¢c., numbered eighty or ninety persons, and was 
observations were made througho i 
In natural history extensive collections were made, which can- 
not fail to afford a considerable number of new species, and a mass 
lost, as his notes were carefully kept, and will be of great use In 
the compilation of the map. : 
A preliminary report and map will be published in a few weeks. 
2. Notice of the Earthquake in New En gland of January 9th ; 
by Prof. C. G. Rock woop. (Communicated.)—At a few minutes 
before 8 p. aw. of J anuary 9, 1572, an earthquake was experience 
over a considerable portion of eastern New England and the St. 
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‘awrence valley. It was felt along the St. Lawrence river to a 
distance of 200 miles N. E. and 60 miles S. W. from Quebec, and 
#t various points of mpshire and Maine between this 
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Seconds, being accompanied b w rumbling : 
caster, N. H., there ete two distinct shocks, each lasting but a 
