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3d. A considerable series of the rocks of the 

 United States, sent by M. Milbert, correspondent 

 of the Museum. 



4th. Some specimens collected in the Antilles 

 by various persons ; particularly in Guadaloupe, 

 by M. L'Herminier, director of the garden of 

 naturalization in that colony. 



5th. Some beautiful specimens from the envi- 

 rons of Rio Janeiro, in the Brazils, procured by 

 the expedition of captain Freycinet. To these 

 has been added, a superb elastic plate of quartz- 

 rock, from the province of Minas-Geraes, which 

 the Museum owes to the generosity of M. Bouch. 



6th. Several series more or less detailed, but 

 all important, collected in the islands near Cape 

 Horn, and in those of the Pacific Ocean, by the 

 naturalists of captain Freycinet's expedition. 



7th. A considerable number of rocks, brought 

 from New Holland by M. Freycinet ; to which are 

 added, those found by Peron in the same country. 



8th. Specimens from Manilla and Sumatra, 

 some given by M. Perrottet, and the others pro- 

 cured by MM. Duvaucel and Diard, travelling 

 naturalists to the Museum. 



9th. A small series collected in the mountains 

 of Rajemahal, on the borders of the Ganges, by 

 M. de Saint Yves, correspondent of the Museum. 



10th. A more numerous series, illustrating the 



