ceedings of the British Association. 61 
Additional Notes on the Wadi el Arabah, in Syria; by Rev. E. ene of 
rk. 
Some observations on relief maps ; by Mr. A. Ravenstei me 
On the stratified deposits which constitute the —— and Central regions of 
Russia ; by Mr. Murchison and M. E. de Verneui 
On the coal formations of the West of Scotland i Mr, Craig. 
On earthquakes in Scotland ; by Mr. Milne. 
n the occurrence of two species of Shells of the genus Conus, in the lias or 
inferior oolite, near Caen, in Normandy ; by Charles Lyell. 
On the wathivn sandenson of the carboniferous limestone series of Ireland; by 
Mr. Griffith. 
On a Pleistocene tract in the Isle of Man, and the relations of its Fauna to that 
of the eee sea; by Mr. Edward Fothes: 
e old red sandstone of the Northern Counties of Scotland ; by Mr. Mur- 
ed 
On the geology of Ceara, North Brazil; by J. E. Bowman. 
On the Vale of Solway and Closeburn Basin; by Mr. Knipe. 
Sect. D. Zoology and Botany. 
r was read, entitled “ Queries respecting the Human 
Race, to be addressed to travellers and others, drawn up by a 
Committee of the British Association for the Advancement of Sci- 
ence, appointed in 1839.” At the meeting at Birmingham, Dr. 
Prichard read a paper on the extinction of some varieties of the 
Human Race. He pointed out instances in which this extinc- 
tion had already to a great extent taken place, and showed that 
many races now existing are likely, at no distant period, to be an- 
nihilated. Science must sustain an irretrievable loss, if so large 
a portion of the human race, counting by tribes instead of indi- 
viduals, is suffered to perish before many interesting questions of 
a psychological, physiological and philological character, as well 
as many historical facts in relation to them, have been investiga- 
ted. The Association voted £5 to be expended in printing a set 
of queries to be addressed to those who may travel or reside in 
parts of the globe inhabited by declining races. The paper now 
presented was the result. The subjects embrace a wide field of 
inquiry, and the queries alone fill thirteen closely printed octavo 
pages. hey refer specially to the stature and weight of the 
people,—any prevailing proportion between different parts of the ® 
body—the complexion—the color and character of the hair and 
eyes—the formation of the head and face—the skull and all phys- 
ical peculiarities—the effect of intermarriage where it prevails— 
a planger ys physical and imsolleatual sriet= ois 
VUAVLEIVILIDD TMUVat 
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