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development, affording rich material for illustration. Dredging 
parties have gone out in every direction within a radius of thirty or 
forty miles, and an immense amount of material, including many — 
new forms and others not before known to exist on this side of 
the Atlantic, has been accumulated. Among the more interest- 
_ ing discoveries are two Pteropods (Cavolina tridentata and Clio 
aciculus) not previously known upon our coast. The invertebrates 
will form the subject of an elaborate report with numerous plates, 
‘by Prof. Verrill and Mr. S. I. Smith. Among the fishes, sixteen 
species, new to the state, have been obtained and much informa- 
tion collected relative to the nature of the food and rates of growth 
of the species used as food. We hope in subsequent numbers of 
this journal to give farther information as to the scientific results 
of the commission. r 
Among the visitors to Wood’s Hole taking part more or less in 
the exploration of the commission were Prof. A. E. Verrill, Prof. 
D. C. Eaton, Prof. W. D. Whitney, Mr. S. I. Smith, Prof: W. H. 
Brewer, Prof. Todd, and Mr. Thatcher of New Haven; Prof. A. 
Hyatt and Col. Theo. Lyman of Boston; Prof. L. Agassiz, Dr. 
Farlow and Mr. Whitney of Cambridge; Dr. A. S. Packard of 
Salem, Mr. J. Gwyn Jeffreys of London ; Prof. Gill, Dr. Palmer, 
and Mr. Rockwell of Washington, etc. 
We learn from the “ Academy” that the British Government 
has expressed its willingness to support Dr. Carpenter’s scheme of 
prosecuting deep sea explorations throughout the Atlantic, Indian, 
Southern and Pacific Oceans. 
Under the title of “ An Early Hero of the Pacific” “The Ove: 
land Monthly” for August has a very readable account of the life 
of Davip Doveras, the botanist, during the ten years, 1824-34, 
he passed on the Pacific coast. 
A new edition, the third, of ‘ Griffith and Henfrey’s Micro- 
graphic Dictionary” has just commenced passing through the 
press. John Van Voorst publishes it at N o. 1 Paternoster Row, 
London, at 2s. 6d. per part. —R. H. W. 
The French “ Cosmos,” one of our most valued exchanges before 
the late war, has reappeared under the title of “ La France Scien- 
tifique.” The first number appeared Sept. 10th. Victor Meunier 
is the editor. 
