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 name throughout this country, the LinnœusLinnæus [sic] of Japan, and he has justly done so, because Ranzan’s work has sided von Siebold and his coadjutors largely in composing their Flora and Fauna Japonica.

3.—Ko-do-shu-roku or Manual for the Metallurgy of Copper, a small work with illustrations.

We intend to describe the different metals in the following order:

There are numerous iron-ores to be found in Japan. Those which are used; smelting iron ore: 1°. , the chief ore of Japanese iron-industry. There are two varieties, one with an iron grey colour and more compact constitution and one with black colour and of more sandy character. The Loadstone, another