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OoMectiog Excursions, their Finds, or any items they may think 
ivill be of interest to the readers of the OO.ilPANION. 
CHARLES P. GUELF, 
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Brockport, New York, U. S. A. 
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RANDOM NOTES. 
Lciiiiiiie Henry, Bonaparte, la., has 
oiir sincere thanks for some fine speci¬ 
mens of quartz geodes. 
John Chirmichael, publisher of the 
Agents’’ Directory, lias remo\'ed from 
St. Raymond. (Quebec, to North Bay, 
Ontario. 
We would be greatly pleased if those 
of our readers who ai‘e interested in 
aivhieology would contribute articles 
on that subject. 
ts Cotujxf n ion . o7 
J'he .Naturalists’ World, of Ilkley. 
England, has just completed its third 
volume. May it still continue onward 
in the gi'eat and good work it is doing, 
is the sincere wish of the Editor. 
We wish to thank our readers for 
the large number of contributions re¬ 
cently forwarded. We hope they will 
still continue to contribute, and thus 
add greatly to the interest of the mag¬ 
azine. 
We would res[)ectfully call attention 
to the advertisement of Mr. Frank B. 
Webster, on another page, and w'ould 
recommend him to our readers as be¬ 
ing both jirompt and reliable. His 
goods are strictly lirst-.class, and are 
sure to give satisfaction. 
We have recently obtained from Mr. 
Frank Hai’ris, of La Crescent, Minn., 
a fine English beagle dog, and would 
cheerfully recommend all those in 
want of a good hunting dog to him, as 
he has a supply of the best dogs in 
the country. 
Mr. H. M. Downs informs us that 
on the ev'ening of Dec. 17th, Rev. Geo. 
W. Pei-ry, of Rutland, Vt., succeeded 
in throwing the light from a steropti- 
can on a screen through several plates 
of dendritic mica with beautiful effects, 
showing plainD and in the natui-al 
colors the intricate markings betAveen 
the laminations caused b^' water, hold¬ 
ing various mineral substances in so¬ 
lution, working its way between them. 
Pictures of various leaves and ferns 
were also shown, which were themselves 
exposed on the sensitive plates in mak¬ 
ing the slides, instead of photoghaph- 
ing them. Every rib and fibre were 
clearly delineated with wonderful dis¬ 
tinctness. 
