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PRESENTED TO THE ANNUAL MEETING FEBRUARY 4TH, 1834. YORK: THOMAS WILSON AND SONS, HIGH-OUSEGATE. 1834. CONTENTS Page, List of the Trustees, Patrons, Officers, &c. ... v REPORT of the Council . 1 Treasurer’s Annual Accounts . 8 Scientific Communications . , 12 Donations to the Museum . .... 13 Donations to the Library . 18 New Members . 21 Donation . 21 ji 2 FORM OF A BEQUEST TO THE SOCIETY, Every person desirous of bequeathing to the Society any sum of Money, Specimens, Books, Instruments, or other Property, is requested to make use of the following form : I give and bequeath to the Trustees , for the time being , of the Society established at York , called “ The Yorkshire Philosophical Society ,” for the use of the said Society , the sum of to be paid out of such part of my personal estate , as I may legally charge therewith. [Or here enumerate the effects or property intended to be bequeathed.] And I direct that the receipt of the Treasurer of the said Society for the time being , shall be an effectual discharge to my Executors for the said legacy , TRUSTEES OF THE YORKSHIRE MUSEUM, APPOINTED BY THE ROYAL GRANT. HIS GRACE THE ARCHBISHOP OF YORK, EARL OF CARLISLE. EARL FITZ WILLIAM, F.R.S., F.S.A. EARL DE GREY. HON. and VERY REV. THE DEAN OF LICHFIELD, FRANCIS CHOLMELEY, ESQ. ROBERT DENISON, ESQ. REV. W. VERNON HARCOURT, F.RS. WILLIAM HATFEILD, ESQ. F.G.S. EUSTACHIUS STRICKLAND, ESQ. RICHARD JOHN THOMPSON, ESQ. WILLIAM WRIGHT, ESQ. PATRONS OF THE YORKSHIRE PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. HIS GRACE THE ARCHBISHOP OF YORK. EARL OF CARLISLE. EARL OF TYRCONNEL, F.G.S. VISCOUNT MORPETH. EARL FITZ WILLI AM, F.R.S. LORD STOURTON. LORD WHARNCLIFFE. OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY. PRESIDENT : Earl Fitzwilliam, F.R.S., F.S.A., &c. kc» VICE-PRESIDENTS : Earl of Tyrconnel, F.G.S. Rev. John Graham. Jonathan Gray. Wm. Hatfeild, F.G.S. Eustachius Strickland. Jonah Wasse, M.D, TREASURER: Jonathan Gray. OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY . VU COUNCIL: Elected 1831 ... ... Rev. William Flower, jun. Elected 1832 ... ... Rev. John Baines Graham. Rev. W. Vernon Harcourt, F.R.S., &c. Elected 1833 ... ... Thomas Allis. Henry Robinson. Elected 1834 ... Rev. I. J. JD. Preston, F.C.P.S., &c. Baldwin Wake, M.D. ... Rev. D. F. Markham. John Brook. W. L. Newman. G. H. Seymour. SECRETARIES: William Gray, jun. John Phillips, F.R.S., G.S., &c. Vlll OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY. CURATORS: Rev. John Graham William Hatfeild, F.G.S. ... James Atkinson Thomas Allis ... ^ Rev. J. B. Graham ... f Rev.I. J.D. Preston, F.C.P.S. Rev. W. Hincks, F.L.S. Rev. C. Wellbeloved Rev. William Lund Geology. Mineralogy. Comparative Anatomy. Ornithology. Entomology. Botany. Antiquities and Coins. Library. KEEPER OF THE MUSEUM : John Phillips, F.R.S., G.S., &c. SUB-CURATOR: Henry Baines. REPORT OF THE COUNCIL. In presenting to the Annual Meeting the Report of the augmented scientific resources which the past year has placed at the disposal of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society, the Council rejoice to be able to state that the approbation of the public, and the interest of the Members, have in no degree diminished. The Museum has been enriched by new acqui¬ sitions, the Laboratory has been well and abundantly fur¬ nished, the Observatory has been put into active operation, and the labours of the Committees for Science have been assiduous and productive. These great and permanent advantages have been derived not from any unusual employment of the Annual Income, but from the generous aid and voluntary contribution of the unwearied friends of this Institution. In consequence, the Council have the gratification of presenting a more favourable statement of accounts than for a long time has appeared, and they see no reason why this advantageous posture of the affairs of the Society should not be still further improved in subsequent years. The Lists of Donations to the Museum and Library will make known the extent and value of the contributions : the Council, however, can not forbear to call attention in a parti- E 2 REPORT OF cular manner to the important and complete series of crag fossils from near Woodbridge,1 and the interesting suite of bones of elephant, rhinoceros, & c. from the diluvium of Ilford, contributed by one of the first explorers of Kirkdale Cave.2 In noticing the fine head of a fish from the London clay of Sheerness, the Council feel a deep regret that this must be the last of a long series of favours received from that liberal and disinterested patron of natural science, the late William Danby, Esq. of Swinton. The Mxneralogical collection has been made much more complete than before, through the kindness of the Marquis of Northampton in giving many of the rarer minerals of Vesuvius, whose history he has investigated with so much zeal and success. The state of the Zoological collection is a subject of less congratulation. So far as the present cases would admit new specimens have been introduced, and in particular the exhibi¬ tion of corals and shells has been materially improved ; but it has been found necessary to suspend altogether the labours which were begun in the departments of Entomology and Ornithology. Until the central Museum be fitted up in a suitable manner, this interesting and popular part of our collections must remain in its present very imperfect and unsatisfactory state, and it is the painful duty of the officers of the Institution to declaret hat it would be altogether useless to accept donations of specimens, for even the safety of which they can not make themselves responsible. 5 1 Presented by the Rev. J. Graham. 2 Mr. Gibson of Stratford. 3 In consequence of the directions of the Annual Meeting, for which see page 11, the Council have taken measures for the immediate and complete fitting-up of the Zoological Museum. THE COUNCIL. 3 In pursuance of the direction of the Annual Meeting in 1832, the Council have applied for subscriptions to remove this the only impediment in the way of the complete accom¬ plishment of the plans of the Society ; and in consequence <^.179 has been subscribed. The expense of the whole work is estimated at £A50 ; and it is the decided opinion of every person connected with the Zoological department that it will be highly advantageous to execute the whole work at once. Under these circumstances the Council have thought it right to appeal to the present Meeting for directions as to further proceedings. They may add, that, in order to aid in the execution of this desirable work, Mr. Phillips has proposed to place half the proceeds of his Course of Lectures on the Natural History of Animals, to be delivered in the ensuing month, at the disposal of the Society. By the munificence of one of the first friends of the Society, the Earl of Tyrconnel, the Laboratory is now become com¬ pletely furnished with every requisite for the active prosecution of original researches, as well as for the illustration of public lectures, and there is good ground for hope that the attractive and useful science of Chemistry will by these means become familiar to our Members : this will be the most appropriate acknowledgment of their sense of the motives which dictated this truly noble gift. The Council have again to acknowledge the liberality of the Rev. W. Hincks, in devoting the proceeds of a Short Course of Lectures on Botany to the improvement of the Garden. The Meteorological Committee present the following table of the oscillations of the barometer for 1833, for com¬ parison with that in the Report for 1832. 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THE COUNCIL. 5 The Antiquarian department of the Museum has re¬ ceived some interesting additions ; the most important of which it owes to the liberality of the late Lord Mayor, and the Corporation of York ; who have presented to the Society a large collection of fragments of Roman pottery, and other Roman remains of various kinds, discovered en the removal of the rampart of the city walls near Eootham Bar. Among these is a stone formerly belonging to the temple of Serapis, and bearing an inscription to that deity. This remarkable relic, which was found about the middle of the last century on the premises in Tanner Row, lately occupied by John Telford, Esq., and was afterwards in the possession of B. Smith, Esq. of New Buildings, had been for many years unseen, and supposed to be lost, but was brought to light again by the workmen employed in removing the house in the Mint Yard, in which the well known antiquary, Mr. T. Beckwith resided. It has happily now found a secure, and, it is to be hoped, a lasting resting-place, among other monu¬ ments of Roman art, superstition, or power. The Antiquarian Committee regret to state that the hope expressed by them in the last Annual Report has not been realized. Few replies to the queries so extensively cir¬ culated by them have been received. They cannot, however, allow themselves to believe that replies may not yet be ex¬ pected. The queries are numerous, and many of them require time and pains in order to be fully answered. As it is not possible that the object they have in view, and which they have so distinctly stated, should be deemed unimportant and unworthy of attention, by the many enlightened persons whose assistance they have solicited, they still look for such returns as shall enable them to fulfil the design of the Society in their appointment. In the mean time they gratefully acknowdedge the zeal and liberality of the Yen. Archdeacon Todd, who has already in various ways rendered them the most valuable b 3 6 RETORT OF aid, and has kindly put into their hands for the use of the Society, fifty copies of a very interesting and instructive topo¬ graphical map, illustrating the ancient roads and earth-works near Langton, in the East Riding of this county. The Council have the gratification to state that the arrange¬ ments for the proper employment of the valuable instruments presented by Er. Pearson are complete, and that a Committee of observers has been appointed, who have entered on their work with a zeal and perseverance which it may be hoped will make this establishment not only useful in its immediate neigh¬ bourhood, but also of service to the general progress of astro¬ nomy. The subscriptions for the Observatory have fallen considerably short of the cost of its construction ; but the Committee hope that the deficiency may yet be supplied by additional contributions. It is proper to mention that the current expenses of this and the other Committees for science and antiquities, appointed by the Council, are not charged in the Account of the Insti¬ tution. On the state of the Society's finances the Council have to remark that during the past year they have succeeded, with¬ out much inconvenience, in reducing the expenditure to about i?.70 less than the income, and that the result of their efforts would have appeared still more favourable but for the serious damage done to the building by the late violent storms. In the expenses of the year occur some items which will not be repeated, and some charges which may be yet further slightly diminished. The Council have not formed this opinion lightly, or upon a cursory investigation. They have already proposed an arrangement by which, without any in¬ jury to the utility of the establishment, and without unreason¬ able burden on the officers, some real saving may- be effected THE COUNCIL. 7 in the expenses of the garden, of lighting and warming the Museum, and in the preparation of zoological specimens. From all these sources they venture to state that a further reduction upon the necessary expenditure may be realized to the extent of i?.30 annually. On the General Account it will appear that the debt is reduced. This reduction would have been more considerable than it is, had it not been thought advisable to supply the deficiency of subscriptions formerly appropriated to the zoolo¬ gical establishment, and to the excavation of the multangular tower ; a certain part of the expenses attending the erection of the Observatory has also been placed in this account. To prevent the occurrence of such irregular charges in future, the Council have resolved that no works about the Museum or garden, proposed to be executed by the contributions of any of the members, shall be undertaken, until the whole sum required to defray the expense, be actually paid to the officers of the Society, as a security against eventual loss to the Institution at large. The Meeting is now in possession of all the facts concerning the employment of their funds during the past year. The Annual Expenditure is diminished, the debt is reduced, and by a sure though slow process of rigid economy it may be wholly removed. But there is a most urgent demand for the completion of a valuable and popular part of the Museum, and the subscription for this purpose is at present inadequate to the object. It is for this Meeting to direct what steps shall now be taken to maintain the scientific reputation of the Society, without increasing its pecuniary embarrassments. 8 ANNUAL ACCOUNT. RECEIPTS. £. s. d. Annual Subscriptions from 222 Members at 21. « • • ... 444 0 0 Ditto from 5 at 11. • • • 5 0 0 From Ladies, being Annual Subscribers • • • ... 24 0 0 For Keys of Garden • • • ... 10 5 0 Proceeds of Mr. Addams* Lectures ... • • • 9 0 0 Balance due to the Treasurer ,,, ... 13 1 4 Due to the Society on this Account for Arrears ... ,,s £.84 0 0 ANNUAL ACCOUNT. 9 PAYMENTS. £. i. d. £. s. d. Rent to the Crown ... • • • • • • 1 0 8 Rent to the Corporation • • • • •• 6 12 6 Rates ••• ••• • • • • • • 14 0 8 Water rent • •• • • • 4 4 0 Insurance ... • •• • • • 5 0 0 30 17 10 Salaries and Wages: Keeper of the Museum • • • • II 100 0 0 Sub-curator ... ... • « • • • • 65 0 0 Lodge-keeper • • • • • • 10 0 0 Collector and Messenger • • • • •• 1 11 6 Labourer ... • • • Ml 36 8 0 212 19 6 Printing and Advertising : Report for 1832 • e Ml 12 2 0 Miscellaneous Printing for Lectures, &c. • • • 11 9 6 Advertisements for Lectures ... • • • • • • 0 13 0 24 4 6 Stationery: • • • o • • • • 3 8 0 Books and Binding : Books ••• ••• ••• • • * 37 6 0 Binding .. • •• • •• 2 15 11 40 1 11 Incidents, Carriage, Postage, &c. • II • •• 39 7 0 Small Bills and Miscellaneous • II • • • 24 5 7 Fittings-up in the Museum ... III • • • 13 6 0 Garden ••• ••• • • • • • • 3 14 5 Garden Engine Ml III 3 7 0 Gas, one year • •• ' • e 10 17 0 Coke and Coal • • • • •• 12 19 0 Museum and Laboratory • • • Ml 6 8 7 114 4 7 Interest on debt ... ... ... ... ... 79 10 0 £.505 6 4 GENERAL ACCOUNT. £. s. d. £. i. d. Received Arrears of An- Due to the Treasurer on nual Subscriptions . 60 0 0 the Annual Account, 1832 . 7S 18 1 Chantrey, Esq . 50 0 0 _ on the General Ac- . Composition from count, 1832 . 1S04 13 2 one Member . 20 0 0 .... on the Annual Ac- . Admission of nine count of 1833 . 13 1 4 New Members . 27 0 0 Deficit of the Zoological . For Books of St. Subscription . 11 3 7 Mary’s Abbey . 8 0 0 Balance due to the Treasurer 1787 12 1 for Excavating the Mul- tangular Tower . 11 18 9 Carriage of Instruments, Advertising, and certain parts of the interior Fittings of the Observa¬ tory . 32 17 2 1952 12 1 1952 12 1 Arrears due to the Society. £. i. d. Subscriptions to the Building Fund . 33 2 0 For History of St. Mary’s Abbey . 15 0 0 Annual Subscriptions of preceding years . 110 0 0 Annual Subscriptions of 1S33 . . S4 0 0 242 2 0 Final Balance against the Society £.1545 10 1 AT THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE YORKSHIRE PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY, February 4, 1834, Francis Cholmeley, Esq. in the Chair, (After the Resolutions of the last Animal Meeting, relative to the fitting- up of the Zoological Room had been read, and several Members had addressed the Meeting), It was resolved unanimously, on the Motion of Jon a. Gray, Esq. ; seconded by the Rev. W. Vernon Harcourt : That in consequence of the increasing pressure of the difficulty in providing for the reception and arrangement of the Zoological Collections, and the inadequacy of the present amount of subscriptions for the fitting-up of the Central Museum, further contributions be earnestly solicited, but that in the present state of the finances of the Society, oppressed by a heavy debt, it is not expedient that the work be com¬ menced until the subscriptions amount to at least £.250. SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATIONS TO THE GENERAL MEETINGS. January, 1833. — On the Series of Strata in Yorkshire, (a general section, drawn to scale and coloured, was exhibited to the Meeting,) by John Phillips, F.G.S. February. — Summaries of Meteorological Observations for the year 1832; at Brandsby, by Francis Cholmeley, Esq., at Huggate, by the Rev. T. Rankin, at Ackworth, by Robert Whitaker. MARCH.—General View of the results of twelve months' observa¬ tions on the quantities of rain which fall upon the top of York Minster^ upon the top of the Yorkshire Museum, and on the ground adjacent* by John Phillips, F.G.S. (The observations made by Mr. Wm. Gray, jun. and John Phillips, F.G.S.) April.— -On a new construction of the Electrophorus of Volta, by John Phillips, F.G.S. On the Roman Sepulchre, recently discovered near Dringhouses, by thqRev. C. Wellbeloved. May.— On the Geology of Wensleydale, by John Phillips, F.G.S. July. — Notice of the Inscription to Serapis, and other antiquarian curiosities, lately discovered in the Mint Yard, by the Rev. C. Wellbeloved. November.™ Notice of observations on the Aurora Borealis of the 17th of Sept, and the 12th of Oct., by John Phillips, F.G.S. Notice concerning the Institution of Experiments at Low Moor and Elsecar, Yorkshire, on the effects of long-continued high tempera¬ ture, in changing the chemical and molecular constitution of rocks, minerals, &c., by the Rev. W. V. Harcourt, F.R.S. December.™ On the mechanical advantages for movement result¬ ing to birds from the construction of their respiratory apparatus, by Thomas Allis. January, 1834.™Account of Measurements to determine the rate of waste of the coast of Yorkshire, from Bridlington to Spurn Point, by the Rev. T Hatfield. DONATIONS TO THE SOCIETY’S M U S E U M. GEOLOGY. J. H. Abraham, F.L.S. ... Mr. R. Burdekin . J. W. Childers, Esq. Mr. F. J. Copsie . Rev. S. Creyke . Wm. Danby, Esq. EarlFitzwilliamF.R.S.,G.S. Rev. John Graham Mr. Wm. Gilbertson John Gibson, F.L.S. Hon. & Rev.H.E.J.Howard Pecopteris from Wentworth, stalagmite from Winster, conglomerate from St. Albans. Calamites decoratus, Bradford. Tooth of elephas primigenius, horn of cervus from Yal d’Arno. Large joint of hamites, from Speeton, Ammonites sublaevis, from Scarborough. Fossil wood, teredo antenautae, portions of plesiosaurus, head of a fish from Sheer¬ ness, recent petrifaction from Knares- borough. New species of serpula and pholadomya, from the Speeton clay. Specimens illustrative of the Geology of Ascension Isle and Ceylon. A large series of crag fossils, including almost every published species, and several nondescript fossils. Unio crassus, in coal, Wigan ; several fossil ferns. Series of bones of elephant, rhinoceros, ox, &c. from Ilford in Essex. Fossils from the mountain limestone. 14 DONATIONS TO THE MUSEUM. Mr. S. Henwood . The Marquis of Northamp¬ ton Amygdaloidal trap, from Davis's Straits. Series of fossil shells, mostly of existing species, from the tertiary deposits of Palermo. Cooper Preston, Esq. Geo. Sherwood, Esq. ... Series of minute fossil shells from the magnesian limestone of Nosterfield. ... Two spongiae from the chalk of Driffield. Lady Tyrconnel . Ferns, and a nondescript plant from the coal series. Thomas Wheeler, Esq. ... Mass of sandstone traversed by veins of anthracitic coal, from the sides of a trap dyke, Durham. S. Woodward, F.G.S. ... Balani, and minute shells from the crag. MINERALOGY. Mrs. Best . Sulphuret of Copper, from the Parys mine, Anglesea. H. Harcourt, Esq. ... Iron pyrites, from the gold mines of Brazil. Rev. W. Hincks, F.L.S. ... Large amethyst from Cork. Lignitic coal from the N. of Ireland, &c. T. Marshall, Esq., Hart - Select specimens of rock salt, from ford Bucks, near North - Cheshire. wich. Dr. Murray . Sulphate of strontian, from Scotton, near Knaresborough. The Marquis of Northamp- Series of Vesuvian minerals, including ton breislackite, wollastonite, arragonite, comptonite, ike. W. Salmond, Esq. F.G.S. Mass of arragonite, Alston Moor. Miss Wickham . . Crystallized gypsum, from Derbyshire. ZOOLOGY. Mr. Allis . Mr. H. Baines Thos. Backhouse ... James Backhouse... Mr. J. F. Brown ... ... Neretina latissima. ... Procellaria Bullockii. ... Wolf from Siberia. ... Hyalaea tridentata, spongias, shells, &c. from Van Dieman’s Land. ... Murex saxatilis. Col. W. Childers, 1 1th Light Dragoons. R. Denison, Esq . Mr. E. Elgin, . Mr. Wm. Gray, jun. Rev. «J . Graham ... ... Rev. W. Hincks, F.L.S. ... Col. Harcourt . From India, head and horns of the mouff¬ lon, ibex, nilghi, axis, gherow, carcar, hog deer, circarrali, sichar, tahar, red deer, Indian antelope, buffalo, elephant’s teeth, head of gavial, hornbill, adjutant. The tippet grebe, the stone curlew. Coot m and /. Nautilus pompilius. Head of turtle, from Ceylon. Unio ovalis, from near Birmingham. Cassicus haemorrhous, rhamphocerus coc- cineus, trochilus maugianus, t. squa- mosus, and other birds, from South America. H. Healey, Esq . Mrs. W. Legard . Viscount Morpeth, M.P. ... Mrs. Norcliffe Gadwall, spoonbill, and black rabbit, from Lincolnshire. Stone curlew, shot at Ganton. A fallow buck. Testudo graeca. 16 DONATIONS TO THE MUSEUM. James Pearson, York C. Rawson, F.G.S. By Subscription ... Mr. G. Munby H. Harcourt, Esq. Mr. R. Burdekin ... Rev. W. Taylor ... ... Head and horns of a North American goat. ... East Indian Corals Madrepora corym- bosa, m. abrotanoides, agaricia explanu- lata, astraea crispata, pocillopora verru¬ cosa, &c. 22 Birds :—Tanagra schrankii, T. mexica- na, &c.— -Pipra erythrocephala, lanius caerulescens, picus undatus, psittacus guaruba, &c. &c. ... Astraea retiformis, a. deformis, meandrina daedalea, caryophyllia sinuosa, c. fas- ciculata, c. astreata, agaricia ampliata, &c. Voluta diadema, V. proboscidalis. BOTANY. ... Herbarium of Scotch Plants, which ob¬ tained the gold medal of the Botanical Professor in Edinburgh. ... Leaf of the Talipot Tree. ( Licuala spinosa .) Fan made of the Leaf ... Cedar Cone ... Guinea Corn COINS AND ANTIQUITIES. Mr. Eslielby ... ... A Roman sepulchre formed of large tiles, found near Dringhouses. Lady Macdonald ... ... A large earthen jar, found near Thorpe Rudston, supposed to be Roman, or Roman-British. W. C. Maxwell, Esq. 3 coins, Gratianus ; Valens ; and Valen- tinianus, au. The Lord Mayor and Cor- 46 Roman coins: Nero ; Domitianus; Con- poration of York. stantinus M. etc. ce. 1, 2, 3, found on removing the rampart near Bootham Bar. 47 Northumberland stycas ; a penny of Henry VIII. ; many fragments of Ro¬ man pottery, and of other articles in brass ; bricks and ashlar stones from the Roman wall, discovered within the rampart ; a large stone bearing the following inscription : DEO. SANCTO SERA P I TEMPLUM A SO 1.0 FECIT Cl.. HIERONY MIANUS. LEG. LEG. VI. VIC. H. Robinson, Esq. Mr. Shepherd, Craike ... Mr. J. Turner Samuel Woodward, F.G.S. 2 Roman denarii. A curious stone, apparently an ancient dial. A small sculptured stone, and several frag¬ ments of Roman pottery, found in Good- ramgate. Impressions of monastic and other ancient seals. c DONATIONS TO THE LIBRARY. Mrs. Anderson ... ... Norman Antiquities, folio, plates, by G. Anderson, Esq. Mrs. Best... British Association Bristol Institution ... Adams on Morbid Poisons, 4to ; MAllan on Cutaneous Diseases, 4to ; Keats’s Observations on the Fifth Report of the Commissioners of Military Inquiry, 4to ; Fourcroy’s Tableaux Synoptiques de Cbimie, folio ; Hunter’s Georgical Es¬ says, 3 vol. 8vo. ; Gibson on the Effect of Madder Root on the Bones of Ani¬ mals, 8 vo on Blight in Corn, 8vo ; Saunders on Mineral Waters, 8vo ; Darwin’s Zoonomia, 4 vol. 8vo ; Fyfe’s Compendium of Anatomy, 3 vol. 4to ; Willan on Vaccine Inoculation, 4to ; Bell on the Brain, 4to. ... Reports of the Meetings of the Association at York and Oxford, in one volume, handsomely bound. ... Report for 1832. Cambridge Philosophical Transactions, Vol. IV. Part 3, 4to. ; V. Society . Part 1, and Laws of the Society. Mr. F. J. Copsie . Grew’s Anatomy of Vegetables, 12mo. Memoir of the Mastodon, 8vo. Ellis on Corallines, 4to, plates. Wm. 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