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An important collection of fossils has been purchased of Prof. 

 Francis S. Holmes, of Charleston, S. C, containing the types of 

 the species figured in the " Pliocene Fossils of South Carolina," 

 by Tuomey and Holmes, and Holmes' " Fossils of the Post- 

 pliocene ; " also a very choice and full collection of sharks' teeth, 

 from the Eocene beds of the same region. 



Many valuable donations have been received. Among the most 

 important are the gifts of Mr. D. G-. Elliot and "Wm. B. DeGarmo. 



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