two last without any other view than the gratification of a laudable
curiosity, and who, with unequalled liberality, communicated their
collections to every man of science that visited the place; and it is to
liberal minds like theirs, and Miss Bennet's, of Wiltshire that we owe
the first rescuing of these natural gems from the spoilers. We copy this
from a communication of Mr. Cumberland to Brande's Journal, and are
truly pleased to record such amiable examples of female excellence in
scientific pursuits. At Dover, Portsmouth, and other places we could
name, we obtained the best information respecting the fossils of the
coast, from females resident there, and we need not add that this
circumstance imparted additional interest to our inquiries.

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_The Zoological Society._


We copy the following from the Report to the Zoological Society, just
published:

"In the Museum in Bruton-street various improvements have taken place.
Additional cases have been erected, wherever space could be obtained,
for the exhibition of the different collections; and two persons have
been in constant employment in preparing and setting up the more
interesting specimens. An assistant has also been lately added, for the
arrangement of the shells, insects, and the other smaller subjects of
the collection; and much care has been bestowed upon the various
departments of comparative anatomy. An instructive as well as an
attractive series in every branch of zoology, but more particularly in