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Hew England, it is inferred that the distribution of marine animals on 
the shores of North-eastern America “ was governed by the same laws 
fi 
erted on the coast of New England during the Glacial Period.” The 
climate of New England was not purely arctic, like that of Greenland, 
but rather subarctic like that of Labrador, while now it is much 
mperate. 
ese urface geology have attracted and always will 
attract much attention. piei interesting is the occurrence of 
fossils in our clay and sai 
y preserve all shells ap bones an 
found in making excavations for roads or wells. 
cover in these deposits the bones of the mastodon, the elephant, the 
walrus, bison, and various species of whales. It not improbable 
that the horse will be found to have lived in New anas du th 
Terrace Period, immediately succeeding the disappearance of glaciers, 
and in fact every thing is to be determined regarding the distribution 
of life during these dark ages, either = ad preceding or accom- 
Panying the appearance of man on 
e work closes with a ca va ed marine animals dredged 
along the coast of Labrador, pi pinio of over twenty new 
Species. an pistor á = — lly executed, pri dere, ing rare and in- 
terestin eda clays, lis, worms, 
and crustaceans, with a eli map of that portion of the coast 
Visited by the author. — 
THE See JOURNAL OF Scrence. London. October, 1867. 
run hastily through the October number. Mr. Al fred Wallace, 
in a ENE by Law,” reviews the Duke of Argyll’s “ Reign of Law.” 
o 
hangs down twelve inches. Wallace argu 
humming-birds, is directly connected with their ve 
The most gaily-colored males are aie by the more oe ape fe- 
males, “ which would lead to the individuals so adorned having more 
Darwin has 
than the average number of offspring,” adding, that “Mr. 
neralization that flowers have be- 
rule, that when a flower is fertilized by the wind, it never has a gaily- 
