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TRANSACTIONS OF THE 



u Report on the Geology, Mineralogy, Botany and 

 Zoology, of Massachusetts, made and published by 

 order of the government of that state. In four parts, 

 viz : Economical, Topographical and Scientific Geo- 

 logy, and a Catalogue of the Animals and Plants. 

 With a descriptive list of the specimens of rocks and 

 minerals collected for the government. Royal 8vo. 

 pp. 700. Illustrated by numerous wood cuts and an 

 atlas of plates. By Edward Hitchcock, Professor of 

 Chemistry and Natural History in Amherst College. 

 1833." 



This work is a most elaborate, comprehensive and 

 valuable production, and for the successful consumma- 

 tion of which the author merits the thanks of all those 

 who are solicitous of the permanent welfare and scien- 

 tific progress of our common country. It is to be 

 hoped that some of our scientific contemporaries will 

 furnish their readers with a condensed synopsis of its 

 contents. 



The Geological Society of Pennsylvania have it in 

 contemplation to appoint a committee of their members 

 to make a geological survey of Schuylkill county, Penn- 

 sylvania, for which purpose part of the necessary funds 

 have already been subscribed. It is only requisite that 

 the landholders in this county should be made ac- 

 quainted with their true interests, in order to complete 

 the subscription, and set the survey in operation. 



The memorial addressed by this society, during the 



