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DONATIONS TO THE MUSEUM. 
Mr. S. Henwood. 
The Marquis of Northamp¬ 
ton 
Amygdaloidal trap, from Davis's Straits. 
Series of fossil shells, mostly of existing 
species, from the tertiary deposits of 
Palermo. 
Cooper Preston, Esq. 
Geo. Sherwood, Esq. 
... Series of minute fossil shells from the 
magnesian limestone of Nosterfield. 
... Two spongiae from the chalk of Driffield. 
Lady Tyrconnel. Ferns, and a nondescript plant from the 
coal series. 
Thomas Wheeler, Esq. ... Mass of sandstone traversed by veins of 
anthracitic coal, from the sides of a trap 
dyke, Durham. 
S. Woodward, F.G.S. 
... Balani, and minute shells from the crag. 
MINERALOGY. 
Mrs. Best. Sulphuret of Copper, from the Parys 
mine, Anglesea. 
H. Harcourt, Esq. ... Iron pyrites, from the gold mines of 
Brazil. 
Rev. W. Hincks, F.L.S.... Large amethyst from Cork. Lignitic coal 
from the N. of Ireland, &c. 
T. Marshall, Esq., Hart - Select specimens of rock salt, from 
ford Bucks, near North - Cheshire. 
wich. 
Dr. Murray . Sulphate of strontian, from Scotton, near 
Knaresborough. 
The Marquis of Northamp- Series of Vesuvian minerals, including 
ton breislackite, wollastonite, arragonite, 
comptonite, ike. 
W. Salmond, Esq. F.G.S. Mass of arragonite, Alston Moor. 
Miss Wickham.. Crystallized gypsum, from Derbyshire. 
