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MISCELLANY. 
tion of the oldest person living. Its trunk appears, however, sound, like a piece of 
ship-timber, and it has always been protected by a strong fence round it—a proof 
of the care which has been taken of the tree, and of the interest which is attached 
to it.— Edward Jesse, in the Times. 
Mangel-Wurzel Potato. —In the course of last Spring a gentleman in this 
city procured four of the recently-introduced Mangel-Wurzel Potatos. These 
four tubers were cut into thirty-six sets, and planted with the usual quantity of 
farm-yard manure upon a headland, in drills three feet apart, and leaving twelve 
inches between each set; the whole occupying exactly twelve square yards. On 
being dug out, a few days since, the produce weighed 112 lbs., being at the rate of 
35 tuns or 280 barrels of 20 stones each per acre. If the feeding qualities of 
this variety be at all commensurate with its productiveness, it must prove a 
valuable acquisition to the agriculturist.— Waterford Mirror , Jan. 1839. 
GEOLOGY. 
Creation of the World. —Were we not restrained by prudential considera¬ 
tions, we should enlarge on these geological phenomena, and define the true 
meaning of the word 44 creation,” which we conceive to be grossly misunderstood; 
but the voice of science would be drowned in the blatant clamors of intolerance. 
We will, however, venture to state that creation is not a single, finite, and 
determined act, but that it is consecutive, and even now in operation, and will 
continue in operation as long as the physical world exists, constantly varying the ' 
three known conditions of matter, the gaseous, the liquid, and the solid, and 
thus manifesting, at least to our humble conviction, the omnipresent agency of a 
vigilant and unwearying providence.— Guernsey Star , Feb. 11, in a Notice of the 
Naturalist for January , 1839. 
Geological Glossary. —I have read with much interest several of the geologi¬ 
cal works recommended in the pages of The Naturalist. Still I am but a 44 tyro” 
in this instructive branch of Natural History; and find especial difficulty as 
regards the technical terms , which are too often employed by scientific men without 
the least explanation. If you can inform me how or where I can obtain this 
information, it will be a great assistance to myself, and, I doubt not, also to many 
of your other readers. I consider it a merit to use as few peculiar terms as 
possible; and where absolutely necessary, surely it would be no mighty addition 
to the authors labours to supply a glossary of terms at the end of the book.— 
Charles Liverpool, M.D., Plymouth , Feb. 4, 1839.—[Will any correspondent 
furnish us with such a glossary, for The Naturalist ? — Ed.] 
