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town, and other places ; White Oak Acorns of three varieties.—* 
From Joshua Pearce. 
Skin of an Ant Bear.— From J. J. Drake, of New York , through 
Dr. King. 
Continental Note of forty dollars, Philadelphia, 1778,—• From Carr 
B. Thornton. 
Dragon Fly, from New Orleans.— From Robert G. Cambbell. 
Trunk Fish of the Pacific Ocean.— From David Ridgley. 
Two English Copper Coins.— From Captain Fas by. 
Two Shells, from the mouth of Wheeling Creek, Ohio.— From Ma¬ 
yor Williams. 
Two Silver Coins of Mexico.— From Rev. Mr. Richards. 
Calcareous Spar, Stalagmite : Carbonate of Lime, large Stalactite 
four specimens Carbonate of Lime, small Stalactite.*— From 
Giles F. Yates , Sthenectady 
Ortyx virginiana, (Quail,) from Maryland .—From Peter Naylor, 
Washington. 
For the Library. 
Etudes Numismatiques et Archeologiques, par Joachim Lelewel*; 
octava, Bruxelles, 1840.-^La Couronne de Poland et sa Roy- 
ante, by the same.—Analyse et Parallele des trois Constitu¬ 
tions Polonaises de 1791, 1807, 1815, traduit du Polonais par 
E. R. : Arras, 1833, by the same.—Huitieme Anniversaire de 
la Revolution Polonaise du 29 Novembre, celebre a Bruxelles, 
1838.—Anzieme Anniversaire de la Revolution Polonaise du 29 
Novembre, celebre a Bruxelles, 1838.—Dixieme,Anniversaire de 
la Revolution Polonaise du 29 Novembre, celebre a Bruxelles,- 
1838, by the same.-—Type Gaulois ou Celtique Atlas, Brux¬ 
elles, 1840, by the same.—Antiquites de Pologne de Lituane 
et de SI a von ie Expliquees, No. 1, Bruxelles, 1842, by the same. 
From Joachim Lelewel, Bruxelles. 
On the Law of Storms, by Lieut. Col. Reid, Governor of Bermuda, 
2d edition, enlarged, with Charts; London, 1841.— From the 
Author. 
Manuscript Names of Visitors to the Franklin Press, in Europe and 
America.— From John B. Murray. 
Galarie de Florence gravee sur Cuivre, et publiee par une Societe 
d’Amateurs, sous la direction de L. Bartolini, i. Bezzuoli et E. 
Jesi, avec un Texte en Francais, par Alexandre Dumas, folio ; Flo¬ 
rence, 1842, 1st et 2d livraisons.— From John Carroll Brent. 
Trattado di Clinica, Chirurgica, di Placido Portal, vol. 1 ; Trappani, 
*These are characteristic of formations found in “ Howe’s Cave,” Ossowras 
Mountain, Schoharie, New York. This cavern was first discovered in May, 
1842, and explored by Mr. Yates on the fourth of August, 1842. The large stalac¬ 
tite was taken from an apartment in the cavern about three miles from its en¬ 
trance. 
