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b'anche-of Natural History. 
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8., of P^iirport, N. Y., has our thanks 
for a proorainine of the meeting of tlie 
American Society of Ylicroscopists at 
Chautaiupia, N. Y., August 11 and 12. 
Mr. W. K. Moo rehead, of Cincinnati, 
Ohio, informs us that he is going to 
return to college next spring to finish 
his course and vvill be at his old address, 
Granville, Ohio. 
jMr. W. 8. Reek man, of West Med¬ 
ford, Mass., informs us that he is en¬ 
gaged compiling a “Guide to Popular 
Mineralogy,” and “The Aesthetical 
Chemistry.” The minerals will be il¬ 
lustrated with colored engravings. 
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Oolleeting Excursions, tlieir Finds, or any items they may think 
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RANDOM NOTES. 
Mr. F. C. Lusk, of Holley, N, Y., 
reports seeing a Bluebird on Jan. 28th. 
This is rather a early arrival. 
With regret we record the suspension 
of Random JYotes on Matural Histof'y, tor 
three years published by Messrs. 
South wick tfe Jencks, Providence, R. I. 
B}' a mistake in the advertisement 
otMr. F. B. Webster, of Boston, Mass., 
in last issue, the price of Ostrich e«gs 
A oo 
was^’([uoted Mtf$1.00, whereas it should 
Imvc been .fl.oO. 
The eaithquake has deprivedGeorgia 
of one of her natural curiosities. The 
“8haking rock” will shake no more. 
P\)r over a hundred years it lias been 
an object of curiosity to the peoiile of 
Oglethorpe county. The earthquake 
has shaken it ort' its pivot, howevei-, 
and it now rests solidly on the bosom 
of the earth. 
Prof. Richard A. Proctor maintains 
that most of the meteor streams with 
which the earth comes in contact are 
derived from the earth itself; that is, 
thrown ofi‘ by volcanic action at a time 
when the internal forces of our planet 
were sufficiently active to give them 
the initial velocity requisite to carry 
them beyond the earth’s attraction, 
some twelve miles a second. Comets, 
which he regards as the parents of me- 
tor streams, he thinks may have origi¬ 
nated outside our solar system. Most 
of the comets whose orbits belong to 
our system he thinks originated in the 
larger planets. The sun is now per¬ 
haps giving birth frequently to comets 
which probably ])ass beyond the limits 
of its atti’action. 
