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Revue Bryologique, 15'^ Annee, 1888, No. i. [Mons. T. Husnot, Redacteur. 



Cumberland and Westmorland Assoc. — Trans., No. xii, 1886-7. [The Assoc. 

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On Some Anglesey Dykes. II. By Alfred Harker, 8vo. reprint, 7 pages. [Author. 

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