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posits is the presence of stamps made of burnt clay 
with spiral devices upon them, which it is suggested 
may have served for producing coloured patterns on 
the human skin after the manner of tattooing. A few 
fragments of pottery are also decorated with spirals 
formed of white slip on a polished red ground, but 
bordered by lines painted in black. A favourite 
decoration consists of broad lines either straight or 
curved, and sometimes circular, distinguished by black 
edgings. 
Spoons or ladles are fairly abundant, some having 
straight handles adorned with chevron and_ other | 
patterns painted upon them. Human and animal 
figures in burnt clay occur, though rarely. Remains 
of beaver, bear, wolf, fox, lynx, wild cat, chamois, 
stag, and ox (possibly primigenius) have been found, 
and of domesticated animals, those of dog and pig. 
Relics of a somewhat later age are also described, 
but the principal feature of the report is the pottery, 
which it will be of great interest to compare with that 
of a more southern area. 
Dr. Moriz Hoernes, whose recent volume on | 
** Diluvial Man in Central Europe ”’ is well known, 
is author of the concluding paper in this volume. It 
relates to Neolithic dwelling-places near Troppau, in 
Austrian Silesia, and is illustrated by six admirable 
photographic plates and numerous cuts in the text. 
A remarkable stone hatchet has been found which was 
made out of the half of a perforated axe that had split 
along the perforation. Another hatchet shows the 
mark of the saw by means of which it was blocked out. 
The pottery is not remarkable, though there are among 
the specimens figured some stands for vessels not un- | 
like those found by the MM. Siret in Spain. The objects 
found are, indeed, of a more common character than 
those from Transylvania. It is, however, of great im- 
portance that in a volume of reports such as that 
scientific in character, and is intended to illustrate the de- 
velopment of the art and science of healing. Cooperation 
is invited, and it is hoped that many objects of interest will 
be lent for exhibit. Mr. H. S. Wellcome, Snow Hill Build- 
ings, E.C., will be glad to give particulars of the under- 
taking. : 
By the terms of Mr. Herbert Spencer’s will, the trustees, 
on the completion of certain specified provisions in connection 
with his books, are directed to sell the whole of the copy- 
rights and other property. The trustees are also directed 
to ‘ give the sum realised in equal parts to the Geological 
Society, the Geographical Society, the Linnean Society, the 
Anthropological Institute, the Zoological Society, the 
Entomological Society, the Astronomical Society, the Mathe- 
| matical Society, the Physical Society, the Chemical Society, 
now summarised, all details of the discoveries on each | 
spot should be carefully recorded, and the Prehistoric | 
Commission of Austria may well loolx back with much | 
satisfaction on the volume embodying the results of | 
its labours. 
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NOTES. 
Tue Secretary for Scotland received on Tuesday a deputa- 
tion of Scottish scientific societies, who urged that the 
Royal Institution in Edinburgh should be exclusively de- 
voted to scientific purposes (see p. 105). 
We regret to see the announcement, in the Daily 
bridge, died at Cambridge on Tuesday of malarial fever. 
Mr. Budgett was Balfour student in biology, and only re- 
turned from the Niger recently. 
Tue Clarke memorial medal of the Royal Society of New 
South Wales has been awarded to Mr. A. W. Howitt, of 
Melbourne. 
THE Food appointed by the United 
States Government, has reported that the use of salicylic 
acid in food is seriously injurious to health. 
Test Commission, 
Pror. VINCENT Ropetta, of Rome, is reported to have 
met his death accidentally by inhaling the fumes of hydro- | 
| Magazine. 
cyanic acid in the course of some experimental work. He | 
was only thirty years of age. 
Messrs. BurrouGus, WeLLcoMrE anp Co. are making 
arrangements for a historical exhibition of rare and curious 
objects relating to medicine, chemistry, pharmacy, and the 
allied sciences, to be held in London in the course of a few 
months. The exhibition will be strictly professional and 
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the Royal Institution, and the British Association, or such 
of them as shall then be in existence, and shall accept the 
gift upon the condition in each case that the sum received 
shall, within five years from the date of payment, be spent 
by the governing body for the purchase or enlargement of 
premises, or for books or apparatus, or collections, or for 
for equipment, or for travellers and 
but in or 
furniture or repairs, or 
donations of instruments of research, 
degree for purposes of endowment.”’ 
no way 
AN interesting paper on the electrical reconstruction of 
the South London tramways was read by Mr. A. Millar 
before the Institution of Civil Engineers on January 12. 
The paper describes in great detail the conduit system 
which has been employed. The lines which have been 
electrified are those known as the Tooting lines; the route 
length is just more than 8 miles, and the total length 
of single track 16% miles. The same system has been 
adopted for the Greenwich lines of the London County 
Council. 
Tne council of the Institution of Civil Engineers has 
nominated the president, Sir William White, K.C.B., 
F.R.»., to fill the place of the late Sir Frederick Bramwell, 
Bart., as one of the representatives of that Institution on 
the Engineering Standards Committee. 
We have received a copy of a pamphlet on the use of 
electricity in mines in Europe, by M. Emile Guarini, which 
has translated into French from the Engineering 
The pamphlet is well illustrated, and gives in 
detail descriptions of the principal applications that have 
been 
| been made of electricity to mining work. These are already 
Chronicle, that Mr. J. S. Budgett, Trinity College, Cam- | 
numerous, but there is still much room for their further 
extension. We can recommend this pamphlet to those 
interested in the subject, whether as mining or as electrical 
engineers. ; 
Tue completion of the Great Northern and City Railway 
marks another step in the progress of the provision of 
proper transport facilities in London. The new ‘‘ tube” 
does not differ much from its predecessors in the general 
features of its construction and electrical equipment. It is, 
however, the largest of all in diameter, being large enough 
to accommodate, if necessary, the existing rolling stock of 
the Great Northern Railway. Special precautions have 
been taken in the construction of the tunnel to guard against 
the risk of fire and to lessen the chances of vibration. The 
railway will be open to general traffic in a few weeks. It 
has taken just four years to complete; an extension of the 
line from Moorgate Street to Lothbury is now in progress. 
Dr. H. R. Mitt has sent us a copy of a very handy pocket 
register which has been prepared by him for the personal 
use of rainfall observers. It contains full instructions for 
