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THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE. 
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For the Library. 
History of Vermont, Natural, Civil, and Statistical, in three parts, 
with a new map of the State, and two hundred engravings, 1. vol., 
octavo, by Zadock Thompson.— From the Author, by the hands 
of the Hon. G. F. Marsh, House of Representatives. 
Remarks on Tides, and the prevailing currents of the Ocean and 
Atmosphere, pamphlet, by W. C. Redfield.— From John Var- 
den. 
Description of an African Beetle, allied to Scarabaeus Polyphemus, 
with remarks upon some other Insects of the same group, pamphlet, 
by Thaddeus Wm. Harris, M. D., Librarian of Harvard College, 
Massachusetts.— From Rev. T. S. Savage, M. D., Protestant 
Episcopal Missionary to Africa. 
Dr. M. C. Buck made a report from the Medical Department. 
The Corresponding Secretary announced the following donations 
and deposites: 
For the Cabinet. 
Fossil, from the Rocky Mountains, January 23, 1844; Lead Ore, 
and Crystals, from the Rapids of the Mississippi River, near War¬ 
saw.— From David Myerle. 
American Water Rotted Hemp, by Mrs. Isaacs, of Salina County, 
Missouri.— From Mrs. Isaacs. 
Box, containing a series of Ichthyolites, and an Antique Etruscan 
Cup, from Milan.— From Thomas Lloyd Halsey. 
Box, containing Headstone of a Janisary’s Tomb, with inscription 
upon it, taken from a Cemetery at Constantinople. -*-From Dr. 
Boyd Reilly. 
Box, containing a Portrait of Abd-ul-Medjid-Khan, the present Sul¬ 
tan of Turkey.— From George A. Porter, U. S. Consul at Con¬ 
stantinople . 
Box, containing specimens of all the varieties of Malta and Gizo 
Marbles, Pamphlets, &c.— From W. W. Andrews, U. S. Consul 
at Malta. 
Petrified Wood, from the petrified forest near Cairo, in Egypt; 
Shield and Powder Flask taken from an Arab Chief, who was 
killed by an English officer at the capture of Aden, by the hands 
of Consul Andrews.— From Capt. Leviclc, Fifty-Ninth Regi¬ 
ment. 
Box of Dried Plants, from the Equator.— From General lsidrio 
Barriga, Quito. 
Box, containing Scales of the Alligator Gar; Skin of a Purple Squir¬ 
rel, (nondescript.)— From Major E. G. W. Butler, Dumboyne 
Plantations, Louisiana. 
Specimens of Tobacco of Lynchburg, Virginia, prepared in two 
different ways.— From Judge H. W. Garland, Virginia. 
