286 REVIEW— THE NATURAL HISTORY OF SOUTH DEVON. 
April 15, 1841, Mr. Francis King, jun., of Stanmore, was ap- 
pointed Treasurer ; and the following gentlemen elected as a Sub- 
committee of Finance, with power to take such measures for rais- 
ing farther subscriptions as they may deem desirable: — Mr. 
Thomas Turner, of Croydon; Mr. W. Field, of Oxford Street; 
and the Treasurer. 
“ At the same meeting it was stated by the Secretary that the 
subscriptions at present amounted to £206. .14.. 6, of which he 
had received £93..8..0.” 
Those of the friends of our art whose promised subscriptions 
have not yet reached the Treasurer will, we have no doubt, for- 
ward them by some early convenience ; and many others will be 
induced to contribute their mite towards the furtherance of so 
good a cause. 
It is a point of duty, to which the Editor somewhat reluctantly 
submits, to say nothing at present of the progress that is making. 
Our committee is composed of good men and true — men uni- 
versally respected in and out of their profession. At the fitting 
and proper time they will give us an account of their proceedings. 
REVIEW. 
Quid sit pulchrum, quid turpe, quid utile, quid non.— Hor. 
The Natural History of South Devon . By J. C. Bellamy, 
Surgeon, one of the Curators of the Devon and Cornwall Na- 
tural History Society. Jenkin Thomas, Plymouth; Simpkin, 
Marshall & Co. London. 
It is a most important and pleasing department of the human 
intellect to employ itself in seeking out the laws and designs of 
nature relative to her productions, and to solace itself in fram- 
ing generalizations of a more or less artificial kind, relating to 
such portions of creation as may from time to time be examined 
by it. In our search, however, after these great truths, we soon dis- 
