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rain is over. Late nut of doors, so to speak, before snowstorm, and 

 the same again before a thaw in many cases." Dealing " with the 

 horses of Britain, it is supposed that they were first introduced by 

 Julius Caesar into history." The hackney " is a class of beast well 

 adapted for many requirements to which horseflesh has been attached 

 in " : and the sheep, "our most arduous animal inhabitant of pastures." 

 In Ins preface the author congratulates the public generally on the 

 spread of technical education and the increasing association of agricul- 

 ture and pure science. We regret that we cannot congratulate either the 

 author or the public on the appearance of these " Investigations," 

 which tend to the advancement neither of pure nor applied Science. 



A Malagasy Geology 



Geology. Nataon-d Rev. R. Baron, F.G.S., F.L.S. Vol.1. Nohazavain' ny Sary 51. 

 Pp. vii. + 91, with 51 figs. Antananarivo : London Missionary Society's College, 

 1896. Price. 6s. 



This very interesting production of the London Missionary Society's 

 press is the first and possibly the last geological work in Malagasy 

 that we shall see. The author divides his work into three sections and 

 twenty-five chapters, and deals with mineralogy, and the dynamics of 

 volcanic, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks, with notes on the 

 several districts from personal observation and otherwise. Vol. II. is 

 promised, and will deal with the fossils. As it is difficult to give a 

 fair criticism on a book written in Malagasy we can only offer a 

 specimen of the author's easy style : — " Koa ny horohorontany dia 

 fipararetan' ny hoditry ny tany, fa mievotrevotra ka manalonalona 

 hoatra ny rano izy, ary ny toetran' izany fievotrevony izany dia 

 tahaka ny fitopatopan' ny alon-drano hiany. . . ." 



Scraps prom Serials 



In the last number of La Feuille des Jeunes Naturalistes (No. 323, 

 Sept. 1897), M. L. Vignal concludes his notes on the fossil shells of 

 the family Cerithiidae from the Eocene of the Paris Basin, this final 

 instalment being illustrated by two photograped plates. 



In the Scottish Medical and Surgical Journal for September 

 Prof. Cossar Ewart prints his address delivered at the Graduation 

 Ceremonial in the Edinburgh University last July. He announces 

 that he has " practically proved that, notwithstanding the statements 

 of Weismann and the experience of scientific German breeders, there 

 is apparently such a thing as Telegony." He promises to contribute 

 a note on the subject to the next number of the same journal. 



New Serials 



Messrs Schleicher Freres of Paris announce a forthcoming inter- 

 national journal for zoology, botany, physiology, and psychology, 

 entitled Intermediarc des Biologistes. It is to appear on the 5th and 

 20th of each month, under the editorship of M. Alfred Binet. The 

 price and the date of the first issue are not yet decided. 



According to Science, a small scientific monthly of a popular 

 character has been established at De Land, Fla., entitled Studies from 

 Nature. 



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