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• KNOWLEDGE 



[Aug. 4, 1882. 



skin perforated by the claws of a little lizard, whioh had retained 

 enfficicnt vitality to exercise them in that sitnation.— I am, Sir, 

 Totir uljedicnt 8er>'ant, AETHtm Stbadlino, C.M.Z.S. 



20, Woodfonl-roa<l, Watford, Hcrtfl. 



A PROCESSION OF ICEBERGS. 



WiflLE a procession of iceborKS in New York Harbour would 

 be a gennine novelty sure to attract general attention, the 

 epectacle is so often witnessed in Placentia Bay, off tho sonth coast 

 if Xcwfonndland, as to possess little interest to spectators. This 

 bay is a deep inlet, ecvcnty-fivc miles in length, and nearly sixty 

 io breadth at its entrance. Tho icy monsters from tho North float 

 in with the tide in spectral procession, and then drift ont again in 

 irregTilar groap*, often colliding and going to piocos, and always a 

 Kirangely-pictnrcequc effect to tho bay. Tho illastration faithfully 

 depicts the scene as it presented itself to the artist on a i 

 visit.— f rani Letlit'i IllxulraLd. 



EXCAVATIONS AT EPHESUS. 



AT a meeting recently held at tho Mansion-house, to pro- 

 mot*; the resumption of tho excavations at Kphnsus, on 

 the site nl the Temple of Diana, the I/orii Mayor, who presided, 

 «aid the famous Temple of Diana, at Kphnsus, ono of tho seven 

 woi.dcrs of the ancient world, had been hidden from view for many 

 M-nlories, and its exact site was unknown, when in 18C9, -Mr. J. T. 

 Wf»o], aft«r six yearn of »<-<irch, found its remains more than 20 feet 

 below the prew.-nt level. The trustees of the llritish Museum, who 

 had supplied the nieani to cipljre some of the public buildings at 



Ephesns, then nutlmri.scd the exploration of tlic ruins of tho tc 

 and five yours wore devoted to the work, with the aid of Go 

 grants to the amount of £12,000. In 1874 very important excavations 

 at Babylon and Nineveh wore being carried on by the lOnglish Govern- 

 ment, and tho truatees resolved to suspend tho work nt Kpho.sua.asthcy 

 thought it inexpedient at the time to apply to Government for fresh 

 grants for tho purpose. Mr. Wood lind from year to year applied 

 for a grant to continue and eomploto the explorations at tho temple, 

 but tho times had been unfortunate for Bncli enterprises, and them 

 was little or no chanco of further Govornmont aid. An influential 

 committee, under the patronage of tho Duke of Albany and the 

 I)residency of Mr. Beresford-IIoiie, M.l'., had been formed to resume 

 the explorations by tho aid of a public subscription, and it was in 

 support of that object that that meeting was convened. Professor 

 Ilaytcr-Lcwis read letters expressing sympathy with tho movement 

 from tho I'rinco of Wales, tho Dukes of Connaught and Albany, the 

 Primate, Cardinal Manning, Lord Khaftosbury, Canon Farrur, and 

 othor8,includingSirF. Leighton,tlie President of tho Uoynl Academy, 

 who wrote that few discoveries had boon of greater interest to 

 the world of art and archaeology than those at Ephesus, and it 

 vtould be a grievous thing if this country, possessing, as it did, the 

 site of tho Tomplo of Diana, should not continue tho excavations, 

 which had already produced so valuable a harvest. Mr. Borcsford- 

 Uopc, M.P., said Mr. Wood was only on the threshold of his dis- 

 coveries, and the very idea of a further grant from Govornmont to 

 continao tho excavations was beyond hoj*. Mr. Newton, C.B., 

 moved that tho complete excavation of the Templo of Diana at 

 Kphesus was iin object well worthy of support from tho nation, 

 which now possessed in the British Museum the only i)ortion8 of the 

 beautiful sculpture as yet discovered at tho temple, and that a sub- 

 scription list Ix) at once opened for tho jiurposo. Professor Donald- 

 son seconded the resolution, which was udopt<;d unanimously. 



