B. TERRESTRIAL PHYSICS AND METEOROLOGY. 39 



such as the ancient and modern divisions into provinces, de- 

 partments, judicial districts, university and military districts, 

 etc. ; second, the soil and the waters of France, such as maps 

 of the bottom of the sea, of the flora and marine fauna of the 

 coast, relief maps of the soil and water-courses, general and 

 special geological maps, etc. ; third, the climatology of France, 

 showing the lines of equal temperature, rairi and wind maps 

 according to the season, maps of storms, hail, etc. ; fourth, 

 the agronomy of France, such as maps of geographic botany, 

 of the leafing, flowering, and fructification of plants, maps 

 showing the condition of culture, the portions occupied by 

 woods, sterile patches, meadows, etc., maps of natural and 

 artificial irrigations, etc. ; fifth, the industry, commerce, and 

 navigation of France, including maps of telegraphic and post- 

 al lines, of railways and canals, and showing the distribu- 

 tion of the different industries, as well as maps of the mineral 

 and manufacturing productions. The sixth and last division 

 is that of population, including ethnology and archaeology, 

 maps of the density of the population, of the price of daily 

 labor, maps of primary, secondary, and superior instruction, 

 of the prisons, the endemic maladies, the size of the conscripts, 

 etc. 



The specimen number of this work relates to the navigable 

 waters, and how far they* are navigable from the sea for war 

 or other vessels, the amount of w r ater at the different seasons, 

 their industrial utilization, the amount disposable for agricul- 

 ture and the amount actually used for irrigation, the mineral 

 composition of the waters, etc. Also the relief of the bottom 

 of the sea, and the composition of its bottom in reference to 

 navigation ; and the mineral, animal, and vegetable produc- 

 tions found at the bottom of the sea, and the places of their 

 production ; the sedentary and nomadic population, who oc- 

 cupy their time in fishing ; the position of light-houses and 

 life-saving stations, etc. 3 J?, xxvi., October 26, 1871, 213. 



PEXDULUM EXPERIMENTS IX IXDIA. 



We have already referred to the pendulum experiments 

 carried on by Captain. Basevi in India, having for their spe- 

 cial object the determination of the mass of the earth in that 

 region, and we regret to hear of the untimely interruption of 

 these important observations by the death of this accomplish- 



