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" Proceedings of Liverpool Geological Society." — London : Samtson Low & Co. 
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"The Canadian Naturalist." April, 1860. 
"Manchester Geological Society's Journal of Transactions." April, 1860. 
" Abstracts of Proceedings of the Royal Institution." 
" Abstracts of Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries." 
