304 Zodiac.—Meridians.— African Geography. 
The celebrated Zodiac of Dendera, or Tentyra, which, wher 
first discovered by the French during their expedition to Egypt, 
occasioned much discussion respecting the antiquity of the earth, 
has been lately brought to Marseilles, and is to be eonveyed to 
Paris. The Courier Frangais states, that the English Consul in 
Egypt opposed its removal, of the ground that it was within the 
district in which he had purchased the right of digging for cu- 
riosities, and wished to claim it for his Government. The dis- 
pute was referred to the Pacha, who determined in favour of the 
French explorers, M. Saulnier and another. An account of their 
Journey is to be printed. 
MERIDIANS OF GREENWICH AND PARIS. 
On Tuesday, Sept. 25th, Captain Mudge, of the Royal Engi- 
neers (son of the late General Mudge), accompanied by M. Ma- 
thieu, Member of the Royal Institute at Paris, proceeded to Fair- 
light Downs, Hastings, and superintended the fixing of a vertical 
reflector, constructed by M. Mathieu, on the same spot selected 
by Gen. Roy 30 years since, to enable observations to be taken 
from the coast of France near Calais, for the purpose of re-mea- 
suring the distance between the meridian of the Observatories of | 
Greenwich and Paris. The light from the reflector is visible at 
the distance of 90 miles ; it consists of four cirenlar wicks, the 
largest of which is [0 inches in circumference ; it consumes two 
quarts of oil in the hour ; it is lighted an hour before sun-rise 
and sun-set, and is kept burning for two hours. Capt. Mudge 
and M. Mathieu left Fairlight on the 24th ult. to proceed to 
join Major Colby and Capt. Kater in France. 
AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY. 
The following communication from Mr. Bowdich, the author 
of the ** Mission to Ashantee,” and other works on Africa, &c. 
will be interesting to our readers : 
‘J observe that the date of the thirty Yy- First of April occurs 
in Mungo Park’s last journal, an error which has escaped the 
notice of his editor, as well as the correction of the traveller, 
who did not make an astronomical observation until the 17th of 
May, which, from the above cause, he calls the 16th, and con- 
sequently applied a wrong declination, as he continued to do in 
every subsequent observation. The consequence is, that the 
route is laid down considerably too much to the north; the la- 
titude of Yamina, for instance, substituting the correct declina- 
tion, is reduced from 13 deg. 15 min. N. to 12 deg. 52 min. N., 
and the important position of Sego, which was considered. to be 
definitely settled, as regarded the latitude, must be lowered more 
than the third of a degree in all the subsequent maps of Africa.” 
SHIRT. 
