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tensive deposits of fossil fishes. A remark- 

 able locality of this kind is to be found 

 almost in the neighbourhood of this city. 

 Let us hope that some of our naturalists 

 will soon favour the public with their ob- 

 servations on this exteiisive deposit. All 

 the specimens which we have examined, 

 whether from Westfield or this latter de- 

 posit, are very closely allied to the genus 

 Lepisosteus of Lacepede. 



No region of the globe presents a greater 

 number or variety of the remains of inverte- 

 brated animals, than our own. So numer- 

 ous and varied are these relics, that the 

 bare enumeration of those only which are 

 already known, would occupy more space 

 than the limits assigned to this discourse 

 would admit. The investigation of these 

 organic relics will amply repay the curious 

 inquirer. 



Having thus in a summary manner termi- 

 nated this sketch of the progress made in 

 the Natural Sciences by our countrymen 

 during the few last years, it remains to be 

 seen how far the government has extended 

 its patronage towards these objects. We 



