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[28] Vide Edin. Review for Sept. 1818. p. 374.
[29] Referring to the ridges of Greenstone near New-Haven.
[30] Or, according to the Wernerian Geologists, Transition? Editor.
[31] The modesty of the writer has prevented him from applying to the formations which he has well described, the terms transition and secondary, which there can be little doubt do in fact belong to them. His strata of highly inclined limestone, appear to belong to the transition class of Werner, and his flat strata, to the secondary. It may be observed in this place, that the specimens alluded to in the text (passim,) appear to be correctly described by Mr. Cornelius, and to justify his geological inferences as far as hand-specimens seen at a distance from their native beds, can form a safe basis for general geological inductions. Editor.
[32] Copied partly from Manuscripts of the late Dr. Muhlenberg, of Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
[33] This large species I understand has been mistaken by a writer on Natural History for Boa constrictor: this is mentioned to show how remotely it is possible to diverge from accuracy in this science.
[34] I have been since informed by Mr. Lesueur, that to his taste the poison was bitter.
[35] The terminal caudal plates of this individual were bifid, as in the one of Peale's Museum.
[36] This last is the animal, beyond a doubt, judging from the detailed description and plate, which has lately been erected into a new genus, under the name of Scoliophus..............................the identity is immediately obvious, to any one acquainted with the specific characters of the above-mentioned coluber. And I presume it can be made apparent, to any one tolerably versed in the science, should proof be thought necessary.