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PROCEEDINGS OF 
[1843. 
Part of a Rattlesnake’s Skin.— From Mr. Martin , New York. 
Three Large Frogs ; Several Snakes.— From some Boys. 
Whidah Finch, (Fringilla Whidah,) of Africa.— From Lewis Zant- 
zinger. 
Anthracite, from the coal mines of Pottsville, Pennsylvania ; Piece 
of Chinese Money.— From R. Bright. 
Box of Minerals, &c., from Cornwall, sent to the Secretary of State, 
from R. S. Fox, U. S. Consul at Falmouth.— From Hon. H. S. 
Legare , Secretary of State. 
Barrel containing large specimens of Quartz and Beryl Crystals.— 
From Rev. Benjamin Hale , Geneva , New York. 
Box of Shells, and package of Plants, of South Carolina, (with a 
list.)— From Dr. Lewis R. Gibbes, Charleston.. 
Box containing Preserved Fishes, from the Island of St. Croix, 
West Indies.— From Peter A. Broivne, Philadelphia. 
Medals—two series ; the first embracing the British Sovereigns from 
William the Conqueror to Queen Victoria ; the second, those of 
France from Pharamond to Louis Phillippe; electrotyped by Pro¬ 
fessor Wyatt.— From a club of members. 
Crab Moth, and another insect, (believed to be rare.)— From Col. 
Totten , in the name of Mr. George E. Chase. 
Box of Nova Scotia Minerals.— From T. B. Livingston , U. S. Con¬ 
sul, Halifax , Nova Scotia. 
Box containing specimen of Primitive Limestone Rock, in the cen¬ 
tre of which is a singular impression, discovered in Merion Town¬ 
ships, Chester County, Pennsylvania.— From Peter A. Browne. 
Box containing a collection of Plants of the Northwest Territory 
of the United States, collected by J. N. Nicollet, labelled and de¬ 
scribed by Mr. Torrey, of New York. 
For the Library. 
Saggio della Semiografia dei Volumi Ercolanesi, pel Cav. Lorenzo 
Blanco, Alumno Interpetre, nella Reale Officina de’ Paperi, Na¬ 
poli, 1842, octavo.— From the Author. 
A Practical Treatise on Bilious Remittent Fever, its Causes and Ef¬ 
fects, with illustrative Tables and Cases, on the Temperature of the 
System in the Febrile Diseases of Jamaica, to which is added Medi¬ 
cal Topography of the different Military Stations, &c., &,c., by Wra. 
Arnold, M. D.; London, 1840, octavo. 
Inaugural Address of Dr, Win. Arnold, President of the Literary and 
Philosophical Society of Jamaica.— From the Author. 
Hitchcock’s Final Report on the Geology of Massachussetts, 2 vols., 
quarto, 1841.—Agricultural and Scientific Report of the State of 
Massachusetts, five vols.— From Hon. John A* Bolles , Secretary 
of the Commonwealth , in the name of the State. 
