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VoL. I. NEW BEDFORD, MASS., MARCH, 1897. No. 1. 
Department of ©eologg. 
Prof. G. K. GREENE, Editor. 
23 West Market Street, New Albany, Ind. 
I REGRET very much that pressing 
business will prevent me from giving 
the readers of the Journal an article of 
some length. The subjects of which I 
will treat in future numbers will require 
some time and thought. 
The Science of Geology and Paleon¬ 
tology, a matter of grave importance, 
especially to those who are making a 
study of the earth’s crust and its fossil 
remains, requires patience and persever¬ 
ance on the part of the student. Aside 
from the fossils, one must be familiar 
with the rocks of the different geological 
formations to judge of their merits for 
the different purposes that it is designed 
for. 
I will take pleasure in giving to the 
subscribers of the Natural Science Jour¬ 
nal, who desire any information on Geol¬ 
ogy or Paleontology, that will write their 
questions plain and explicit and inclose a 
two-cent stamp for reply, an answer to 
them. No postal cards answered. Stu¬ 
dents and beginners need not feel the 
least delicacy in asking for information. 
To any subscriber of the Natural 
Science Journal who will by July 1st, 
1897, get the greatest number of yearly 
subscribers to this magazine (cash must 
accompany each subscription) I will give 
twenty-five species of Fossil Corals, from 
the Falls of the Ohio, worth from fifty 
cents to one dollar each; and to the 
person getting the next greatest number 
of subscribers, fifteen species ; and to the 
person getting the next greatest number, 
ten species. All specimens are nicely 
cleaned and properly identified; will be 
sent by express at the expense of the 
subscriber. The names of those receiv¬ 
ing the awards will be published in the 
July number. G. K. Greene. 
-- 
OAEBONIPEROUS ENTOMOLOGY IN NEW 
ENGLAND. 
Rev. Edgar F. Clark. 
HE territory embraced in our exami¬ 
nation is properly called the Rhode 
Island Coal Belt. Much of it is embraced 
in the State of Rhode Island, but the belt 
extends northward into Massachusetts, 
“cropping out” at Mansfield and else¬ 
where. 
It is unnecessary to add that entomo¬ 
logical specimens, belonging to the Car¬ 
boniferous era, have possessed a deep in¬ 
terest for the geologist and the archeolo¬ 
gist. Prof. Lacoe, of Pittston, Pa., 
is endeavoring to acquire all the speci¬ 
mens, and preserve them in a solitary 
collection. 
The first specimen was first definitely 
recognized by the writer as early as 
