252 PROCEEDINGS OF [ 1842 . 
Petrifaction's from the Canal near the Eastern Branch of the Poto¬ 
mac. —From 
Tringa pectoralis, Magus cucullatus, three specimens Tetrao cupido, 
Rallus noveboracensis, Geomys, Lutra canadensis, from Arkansas. 
From Lieut. Eustis, 1st Dragoons, through Col. J. J. Abort. 
Specimen of Zinc from Ore brought from the Franklin Furnace, 
New Jersey, smelted in Washington City, by W. L. Ames.— 
From 
Box of Shells. —From T. Wardell. 
Fossils from the neighborhood of Cumberland, Alleghany County, 
Maryland, and from the foot of Knobby Hill, Virginia.- —From 
Dr. Causten. 
Bullets, Slugs, &c., found at Fort Cumberland, in 1836. —From W. 
G. Crunch. 
Box containing a musket fused in the fire of the Tower of London.—- 
From W. R. Palmer , Lieut. Top. Engineers. 
Skeletons of two Alligators. —From Lieut. Col. Whiting. 
Three specimens Unio from the Washington Canal. —From EL 
ward Force. 
Copper Coin. —From E. P. Daily. 
Copper Coins. —From Henry Hardin. 
Shale, with Iron and Copper, from Richmond County, Ohio. —From 
D. N. Phelps. 
Two Boxes Fossil Shells from the Chesepeake.— From Capt. Har¬ 
rison H. Cocke, U. S. A. 
Horned Lizard, (Agama,) from Texas. —From J. E. Weems. 
One Copper Coin of 1822. —From Joseph Boss. 
Five Copper Coins, and Paper of Mahogany Seed. —From G. W. 
Harris. 
Two specimens Sulphuret of Iron, from deep cut on Baltimore Rail¬ 
road. —From C. D. McPherson. 
Aesculus parviflora, shrew Mole, (Sorex,) from Georgia.— From Dr. 
Boy alien. 
Stone Axe, ploughed up in a field near the Little Falls of the Poto¬ 
mac : Brick from the Old Church at Jamestown, Virginia. —From 
Capt. W. Easby. 
Four Pebbles from an Iceberg near the South Pole, collected by 
one of the crew of the Exploring Expedition. —From 
Two Notes, of five cents each, Philadelphia. —From W. S. Walker. 
One Mole, ( Scalops canadensis,) from Georgia. —From 
Fish from Frederick County, Maryland. —From Rev. Dr. Morris. 
Serpent from the Mountains of Rio de Janeiro, Hippocampus and 
Centipede, from Rio de Janeiro. —From George Washington 
Harrison , U. S. N. 
Petrified tooth, found in Florida, (Equis 1) Polar Plant of the West- 
tern Prairies. —From Lieut. B. Alvord, U. S. A. 
Iron Ore from Perry County, Pennsylvania.— From Gilman Con¬ 
verse. 
