NAUTICAL LITERATURE
... TO THE EDITOBS OF THE LIVERPOOL M1ERCURY. Gentlemen,-At a meeting of the British Association in Manchester during the year 1861, Dr. Collingwood, of Liverpool, read a paper before section D On a Scheme to inducethe Mercantile Marine to assist 'in the Advancement of Science by the Intelligent Collection of Objects of Natural History from all parts of the Globe. The object of this scheme was ...