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share of warmth, the climate of the northern portions 

 of the globe was in a oorresponing degree colder, and 

 vice versa. But to do more than merely to allude to 

 w r hat has been brought forward on these subjects is 

 beyond the scope of a paper like the present. 



In the above paper I have confined myself to a very 

 few remarks on those species of the mollusca from the 

 Matura beds which are probably new. I have done so 

 because I do not yet feel justified in publishing new 

 specific names. Means of reference either to Museums 

 or to published works there are none in this Island. 

 Our public library scarcely possesses any but the most 

 elementary works on Natural Science.* It is how- 

 ever but fair to state that the Governors of the Colony 

 have not always been indifferent to the claims of science ; 

 and it may be hoped that the time is not far distant 

 when some efforts will be made for the institution of a 

 local Museum and of a Scientific Library in connection 

 therewith. 



*See Criiger in Geological Report on Trinidad, p. 176 



