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~ In conclusion, Professor Tiedemann laid before the meeting an account of the 
proceedings, and thanked the meeting for the numerous attendance, and the live- 
ly interest that had been manifested. Professor Lichtenstein, as the second ma- 
nager at the assembly in 1828, delivered the accustomed valedictory oration, and 
concluded with the following words :— 
“* We now take leave of you, and of this friendly abode of science, with feel- 
ings of the most grateful recollection of the abundant and various information and 
enjoyment which our meeting has again afforded us on this occasion. Neither 
the banks of the Elbe, nor those of any greater or smaller stream that we may 
visit in the sequel, will ever be able to efface or to obscure the lively image 
which we now carry away with us from the wood and vine-covered hills of the 
Neckar.” — 
Natural History Society of Montreal.—The October monthly meeting of this 
society was held at its rooms on Monday evening 26th Oct. last, the Hon. John 
Richardson, President, in the chair. 
After the minutes of last meeting were read and approved of, the corresponding 
secretary read a letter from Mrs. Lancaster Lupton of Albany, accompanying 
a donation aftermentioned ; from Lieut. F. H. Badgeley, R. E. of Kingston, 
containing a communication relative to minerals in that neighbourhood, and from 
D. B. Viger, Esquire, in reply to a notice of his election as ordinary member. 
It was stated to the meeting that Mr. George Brome, the individual who was 
last year engaged by the society to prepare specimens in Zoology, had returned 
from England with a collection of birds of Great Britain, as well as of the Brazils, 
New South Wales, West Indies, &c. which he valued at about L.20, and the 
council requested that they might be vested with a discretionary authority to 
purchase the collection or such portion of it as might be deemed necessary, which 
request was unanimously acquiesced in by the meeting, who restricted the expen- 
diture to the sum of L. 20. 
The council reported that they had received information that the officers of the 
St. Maurice expedition, who had lately returned, had made considerable collec- 
tions, which were intended for the society’s collection. The numerous dona- 
tions to the museum, reported by the council, were from Mrs. Lancaster Lupton 
of Albany, a bust of the Hon. Enos T. Throop, governor of the State of New 
York, modelled by herself—from Rev. A. Ansley of Hull, several minerals from 
Hull, and a brass amulet or medal from Italy, found in the earth at that place— 
from the Rev. G. Bourne of Quebec, several geological specimens from Quebec 
and Labrador, and a cannon ball taken out of the frame of a house at Quebec, in- 
to which it had been shot during its siege—from Mr. Alexander M‘Nabb of 
Bytown, several minerals from the Rideau, and some bones found twenty-four 
feet below the surface in the excavation of the canal—from Mr. George Bent, nine 
foreign minerals, a marine animal (the sea horse) from Smyrna, the seeds of an 
alligator pear, and the under jaw of the horn fish from the Red Sea—ftom D. 
Thompson, Esquire, Glengarry, a specimen of specular iron ore from Huggewung 
Bay, Lake Superior—from W. F. Wentzel, Esquire, several minerals collected by 
him on the Coast of Labrador—from Mrs. Michaels and Miss F. Hays, a large 
collection of shells, collected by themselves on the sea coast of the United States ; 
another collection from the West Indies; a specimen of mica slate from Oyster 
Bay, Long Island ; and the perfect skeleton of a crab—from J. Valentine, Esq. 
a Muscovy duck—from Mr. J. P. Kollmyer, two lizards in spirits—from the Rev. 
Mr. Somerville, two wasp’s nests—from Mr. Alexander M‘Donald, a live snake 
from Niagara Falls—from Mrs. Sarah Parker, six centipedes and four scorpions 
in spirits from the West Indies—from Captain Le Breton of Brittania, the skele- 
ton of an unknown animal found on the banks of the Ottawa—from Dr. E. Mo- 
reau of St. Laurent, the eggs and nest of a humming bird—from Count Vitaliano 
dal Varmé, six gold, silver, aud copper coins of Persia, Prussia, Russia, Austria, 
and Milan—from Mrs. D. Robertson, two silver coins, from W. L. Metchler, 
Esquire, a silver coin of Louis XIII. and from D. A. C. G. Lister of Grenville, 
