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Gazelle {Gazella granti), which is mentioned by name in other passages 

 of the narrative. The so-called " Kaama " antelope met with in the 

 Baringo district (vol. ii., p. 11), is, no doubt, Bubalis jacksoni, lately 

 described by Mr. Oldfield Thomas. The occurrence of Waller's 

 Gazelle [Liihocranius walleri) in the vicinity of Lake Rudolf is like- 

 wise of much interest, especially the observation that it " so much 

 resembles the giraffe in its long neck and sloping haunches " that the 

 explorers named it the " Giraffe-antelope." 



On the whole, the English translation of v. Hohnel's volume is 

 fair enough and reads well. The paper, rhe printing, and the impres- 

 sions of the numerous illustrations are certainly superior to those of 

 the German original. But its exactness can by no means be 

 relied upon, and some ridiculous blunders are made as regards 

 the scientific terms. We are, for instance, introduced to " hum- 

 ming-birds " and " tigers " in Africa, the horns of an antelope 

 are called " antlers," and we are told that Hydnora belongs to the 

 " Cytinaceae genus." The proofs of the sheets should have been 

 submitted to someone who had an elementary knowledge of Natural 

 History. 



P. L. SCLATER. 



Man, the Primeval Savage : His Haunts and Relics from the Hill-tops of 

 Bedfordshire to Blackwall. By Worthington G. Smith. F.A.I. , F.L.S. With 

 two hundred and forty-two illustrations by the author. 8vo. Pp. xvi., 350. 

 London : Stanford, 1894. Price los. 6d. 



Mr. Worthington Smith has done yeoman's service for the elucida- 

 tion of the history of primitive man in this country, and he has now 

 made us still further his debtors by collecting together his contributions 

 to various journals, and filling in the details of those discoveries 

 which he has from time to time brought briefly to our notice. 



The first part of the book contains an account of the lake-side 

 dwelling of man, with his weapons of stone, found at Caddington, 

 near Dunstable, of which the first description was contributed by 

 Mr. Smith to Natural Science for November, 1892. The latter 

 part describes some of the relics of primitive man as found on the 

 banks of the Lea, from its source near Dunstable, in Bedfordshire, to 

 London ; together with a description of a primeval living place, or 

 Palaeolithic floor, at Stoke Newington, London, of which, it will be 

 remembered, the first notice appeared some years ago in Nature. 



But the book is by no means a mere reprint ; the majority of it 

 is entirely new and rewritten; the facts remain, added to and supple- 

 mented by Mr. Smith's later discoveries and re-examinations. 



By " primeval savages," Mr. Smith means Palaeolithic men — the 

 men who designed, made, and used the most ancient of all stone 

 weapons and tools recognised as such by antiquaries and anthro- 

 pologists. Our knowledge of the primeval savage and his mode of 

 life is at present little better than a shadow. But his weapons are 

 common and well-known, and from these weapons we may gather 

 much that is instructive of the men who formed and used them. The 

 author believes that " man did not live in what is now Britain before 

 what is known as the last great Glacial period," 



In his introductory chapter, Mr. Worthington Smith gives a 

 sketch of the more important osseous remains of primitive men 

 yet discovered, and furnishes illustrations of the Neanderthal, 

 Canstadt, Spy, Engis, Cro-Magnon, Grenelle, Furfooz, and Truchere 

 skulls and crania, comparing them with those of present-day 



