cxx. 



Mr. G. 



Specimen of Iron found at Galle in digging a W 

 Goonewardene. 



Some Iron pyrites. From C. Whitehouse, Esq. 



Specimens of Fossi^. Dr. Kelaart says, " The Limeslme in which 

 the Ceylon fossils are imbedded, is of a very compact and pure form. In 

 one hand specimen we observed a fossil phalange about an inch in length, 

 apparently of a large Saurian reptile. This unique specimen is now in 

 the Museum of the Asiatic Society of Ceylon." Dr. Kelaar&s Zoology 

 of Ceylon, p. x. 



Besides specimens of Copper and Lead ores from New South Wales, 

 of the Garnet from the Cape, and of Tin ore from Malacca, from Sir 

 J. E. Tennent; — of Spinel and Corundum from Pegu, of Chalcedony 

 from Aden, of Topaz from Brazil, and of Turquoise from Khorassan, all 

 from Dr. Gygax; — of Stilbite from Poonah, /rom Dr. Buist, — ^ so 

 a beautiful specimen of the Asbestos from the Pyrennees, from Sir 

 J. E, Tennent, 



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