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rain is over. Late out 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 
to”; and the sheep, “our most arduous animal inhabitant of pastures.” 
In his 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 Matacasy GEOLOGY 
GroLocy. Nataon-d Rev. R. Baron, F.G.S., F.L.S. Vol. I. 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 FROM SERIALS 
In the last number of La Fewille 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 
MEssks SCHLEICHER FRERES of Paris announce a forthcoming inter- 
national journal for zoology, botany, physiology, and psychology, 
entitled Intermediare 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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