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sometime so great as to render a resort to water necessary 

 to prevent the bitts from taking fire. I have seen but one 

 instance of this kind, but have heard of many.* 



1 1 . Valuable collection in Geology and Mineralogy. — We 

 learn that G. W. Featherstonhaugh, Esq. has recently intro- 

 duced into this country an extensive and various collection 

 of fossils and of minerals. 



A considerable part of them belonged to the cabinet of 

 Mr. Parkinson, which has been sold. 



Mr. Featherstonhaugh has obtained fine specimens of 

 the Icthyosaurus ; fossil fish very perfect ; fossil plants of 

 great beauty and variety, and many rare fossils. Indeed, he 

 has brought, as we are informed, a most complete collec- 

 tion of fossils from all the European beds, from the first ap- 

 pearance of organic remains in the lowest deposits, to the 

 highest conditions of zoological existence in the superior 

 strata of the tertiary ; also a complete series of fossils from 

 Tilgate Forest, to illustrate all Mr. Mantell's superb works ; 

 these specimens were obtained principally from Mr. Man- 

 tell himself. That wonderful animal, the Iguanadon, a rep- 

 tile about eighty feet long and twelve feet high, with teeth 

 like the Iguana, was found in those beds of Tilgate, and de- 

 scribed by Mr. Mantell. There is also a fine series of all 

 the chalk fossils found to the present day, as well as of the 

 singular and various appearances presented by flints. The 

 organic remains from the lias, both in Yorkshire and Lyme 

 in Dorsetshire, will be found highly interesting to the friends 

 of geology. Mr. F. has also the crinoidal family, to illus- 

 trate the famous work of Mr. Miller of Bristol, ecrinites 

 and pentacrinites — with a complete series of the apio-cri- 

 nites. But what will be extremely interesting here, is the 

 capital series of osseus remains of the varieties of animals 

 found in diluvial deposits in the various caves ; a branch of 

 geology illustrated and brought to light by the genius and el- 

 oquence of that extraordinary person, Dr. Buckland. Mr. 

 F. travelled a great deal with Dr. Buckland ; they visited 

 in company the celebrated cave at Torguay, from whence 

 Mr. F. brought the bones of eleven different animals : all 



* Recently, the axletree of an ox cart, heavily laden, took fire when passing 

 in the streets of New Haven, and required water to extinguish it. — Ed. 



