Excerpt from Results of an Examination of Syrian Molluscan Fossils, Vol. 10: Chiefly From the Range of Mount LebanonAmong the stores of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, a third small collection of fossil shells has been found, which is understood to be from Lebanon, and to have been forwarded, perhaps presented, in 1866, by Rev. W. M. Thomson, D.D., author of the well known work, The Land and the Book, - for more than thirty years missionary in Syria, and at the date specified acting United States Consul at Beirut. The material for investigation thus furnished has been increased, through the kindness of the officers of the Congregational House in Boston, by the loan of some interesting specimens, labelled Mount Lebanon, which are preserved in the Museum of the American Board.Unfortunately, however, as is usual with collections made by other than experienced or professional hands, notes are wanting of the exact localities with a few exceptions, and of the nature and position of the strata without exception, from which the fossils of the several lots were taken. This deficiency renders it necessary to state here how far the localities represented by the different collections can be identified.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.