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the most powerful winds, and the success of these 
has been beyond all expectation, affording shelter 
and protection where none could be obtained 
before); Bombay, 160; Borneo, 16; Calcutta, 
211 ; Cape of Good Hope, 60; Cape de Yerdes, 
20 ; Ceylon, 136 ; Constantinople, 90 ; Demerara, 
57; Falkland Islands, 118 ; Florence, 28 ; Grey 
Town, Mosquito, 80; Hong Kong, 108; Jamaica, 
124 : Lima, 33 ; Mauritius, 36 ; Port Natal, 29 ; 
New Zealand, 57 ; Para, 33 : Port Philip, 33 ; 
St. Domingo, 34; Sierra Leone, 71 ; Sydney, 
392 ; South Australia, 76 ; Trinidad, 215; North 
West Africa, 65 ; West Australia, 46 ; Van Die- 
man’s Land, 60 ; Valparaiso, 34. Total 2722, 
despatched in sixty-four glazed cases, besides four 
cases of Para grass. — N.B. From nearly all the 
abovementioned colonies or countries very rich 
and valuable returns have been sent either to the 
garden or the museum, or both.” 
(M) 
Letter from Dr. Faraday, in answer to an inquiry 
concerning his Lecture on the Closed Cases . 
Royal Institution, November Hit, 1851. 
My dear Sir, 
I cannot but regret you should have 
reason to murmur, and should be glad to testify 
to the originality of the thought with you as far 
