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debris, sand, pebbles, &e., that any general conclusion founded on the 
study of such geological phenomena, would be contradicted by what we 
see in the distribution of the coal strata in the coalfields of the United 
States, at least in those west of the Appalachian mountains. 
The general conclusions of this paper, appear to be perfectly just, 
though not necessarily derived from the microscopical researches of Prof. 
Dawson. But, if this assertion of the author is true; that the sigillari@ 
In his second paper,* Prof. Dawson most satisfactorily confirms a for- 
mer discovery made by himself and Sir Charles Lyell, of the presence of 
terrestrial animals in the coal measures of Nova Scotia. In like circum- 
stances, viz., in the hollow petrified trunk of a standing tree, he has fou 
numerous well-preserved specimens of the same land shell, Pupa vetusia 
w., before discovered at the same locality; some remains of a new 
of fossil botany, by incessant and conscientious labor. Discoveries of 
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sate the want of codperation in such a thankless field of science as that q 
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2. Thirteenth Annual Report of the Regents of the University of the 
State of New York, (for 1859), 128 pp. 8vo. Albany, N. ¥.—The cover 
and title page of this Report bear the date of 1860, with the addition, 
“made to the Senate, April 10,1860.” It contains in addition t0 © 
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Appendises. Of these, A, B, C and D are catalogues of various collec 
tions and donations, The Appendix, E, is an interesting paper ©? ith of 
“ Ancient Monuments in Western New York, comprising the res? ts 
explorations by T. Apoleon Cheney, Civil Engineer, ete., 185 by ts 
illustrated by 24 plates and a map of various mounds, excavations and 
antiquities of the aboriginal inhabitants of the country. Py 
ix (F) has a separate title page thus: “C ntributions to # : 
leontology, 1858 and 1859. By James Haut, Geologist - 
tologist, etc.” We are thus particular in noticing these dates” 
* Quart. Jour. Geol. Soc. London, xvi, 268, 1860. 
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