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ascend into the littoral region, which, with us here in the south, keep 
within 10 to 11 fathoms.—Brit. Assoc. Report ; Atheneum, No. 886, 
po ooy. 
16. Guyon on the Cagots of the Pyrenees.—M. Guyon has sent to the 
Academy of Sciences six new drawings of heads of the cagots of the Py- 
renees, in order to justify the opinion he formerly expressed, that an 
anatomical character of the cagots appears to consist in the form of the 
ear, which is rounded, and without alobe. He again called attention to 
another opinion expressed by him, that the cagots belong to a race of 
lofty stature, and perfectly similar in form; and that the goitre and cre- 
tinism, with which many of the cagots are affected, are entirely owing to 
the nature of the localities they inhabit. Accordingly, of the six subjects 
whose ears were represented by him, two were affected with goitre, and 
one with cretinism.* 
17. Coral Fishery.—The Moniteur Algerien gives the following ac- 
count of the coral fishery at La Calle, from the 1st of April to the 30th 
September 1844. The total number of boats employed was 170, of which 
only one was French. The others were—124 Neapolitan, 40 Tuscan, 
4 Sardinian, and 1 Tunisian. The crew of the whole amounted to 1700 
men. The total value of the coral taken is estimated at 1,355,750 frs. ; 
the duties on which, from all the boats employed, except the French, 
which paid no duty, were 179,073 frs. The average gross earnings of 
the boats employed in the fishery amounted to 7975 frs.; but deducting 
the duty, and the expenses of the fishery for wages, wear and tear, &c., 
the average nett profit for each is estimated at 1367 frs. 60 cents. 
The nett profits of the French boats, no duty having been paid, are 
given at 2535 frs.— Atheneum, No. 892, p. 1100. 
18. Goadby’s Method of Preparing Animal Substances.—Mr Goadby 
exhibited before the British Association a series of preparations of animal 
bodies, preserved in glass cases, according to a method of his own sug- 
gestion. Many gentlemen having complained that they had not suc- 
ceeded in preparing animal substances in the way which he recommended, 
he was desirous of stating fully the plans which he pursued. The follow- 
ing were the formule for all the solutions he used :— 
Ai is 
Bay-salt, . ; - - c 4 : : 4 oz. 
Alum, . : E é : - Z 2 oz. 
Corrosive sublimate, : . - : > 2 grains. 
Water, . - ° : : , - : 1 quart. 
A 2. 
Bay-salt, . r ; ’ - é 3 : 4 oz. 
Alum, ; A . A “ i ; F 2 oz. 
Corrosive sublimate, P E F : ‘ 4 grains. 
Water, . 4 : ; 4 : ; - 2 quarts. 
* From l'Institut, No. 559, py: 307. 
