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endeared him to a host of friends ; his mathematical abilities 
were of no common order, he was a painstaking and enthusiastic 
worker in the school of moderngphysiology, but it is to be feared 
that the results of much of his labour will now never be known, 
for he was slow to publish, preferring to wait for a completer 
confirmation of his numerous observations. He was an extremely 
popular lecturer, and his sudden death has saddened many a 
heart. 
Mr. A. G, More, F.L.S., M.R.I.A., &c., has been appointed 
to the post of Curator of the Dublin Natural History 
Museum. Mr. More is known to botany as the author (with the 
late Dr. Moore) of the ‘‘Cybele Hibernica.” During the past 
fifteen years he has been principal assistant under the late 
curator, Dr, Carte. The published works of Mr. More are 
a ‘* Natural History of the Isle of Wight,” a supplement to Dr. 
Bromfield’s ‘‘ Flora Vectensis,” an essay on ‘The Distribution 
of British Birds during the Breeding Season,” the ‘* Cybele 
Hibernica” and its ‘‘ appendix,” and numerous detached papers 
on natural history. 
WE are gJad to learn from Dr. Lindemann, of the Geogra- 
phische Gesellschaft in Bremen, that the brothers Krause were 
sent by the Society to explore the Behring Straits regions, 7o¢ for 
commercial purposes. MM. Krauce are naturalists, and have no 
other object than to make observations and collections in natural 
history and ethnology. Their reports on their studies on the 
Chukchi Peninsula, which will be published with charts and 
woodcuts in the next numbers of the ¥ouwrnal of the Bremen 
Society, will prove that their voyage was not at all unsuccessful, 
They are now on their way from San Francisco to Sitka, and 
intend to winter on a station of the North-West Trading 
Company. 
M. A. HUNTER, who has spent twenty years in the exploration 
of the flora and fauna of the Onega region, discusses (AZemoirs of 
the St. Petersburg Society of Naturalists, vol. xi.) the interesting 
question as to the natural boundary between Finland and Northern 
Russia, which had already been raised by Wirtzen, Bonsdorf, 
Malmgren, and Nylander. M. Hiinter arrives at the same con- 
clusions as most of the above-named explorers, namely, that all 
the region west of Lake Onega to the Gulf of Bothnia, and as 
far as the White Sea to the north must be considered as a part 
of Finland, Lake Onega being a marked boundary between the 
two regions as to their geological structure, topographical features, 
fauna, and flora. The flora west of this lake is far richer than 
east of it, and does not contain plants which are common to the 
latter region and higher latitudes. The list of plants of the 
whole of the Onega region contains 578 Angiosperme, 5 Gym- 
nospermz, and 36 Cryptogams. 
Messrs, TAYLOR AND FRANCIS have issued a useful Tide- 
Table for 1882, in the form of a large wall-card. The Table is 
compiled by Mr. E. Roberts, of the Nautical Almanac Office, 
and contains the time of high-water at London Bridge, and the 
depths on the silt of the Shadwell lower entrance of the London 
Docks, showing also in a conspicuous manner the possible 
overflows. The table is likely to prove useful to many people, 
and we trust Mr. Roberts will be encouraged to continue it 
yearly, 
THE Geographical Society of Paris received, at its last meet- 
ing, a communication sent from Lieut. Rogozinsky, of the Rus- 
sian Imperial Navy, who proposes to explore the region between 
the Congo, the southern borders of Adaman, and the Cameroon 
Mountains, 
A ScieNnTIFIC Commission has. been appointed by the Préfet 
of the Seine to determine the measures which ought to be taken 
immediately for the protection of the public in theatres. All of 
them which will not comply immediately with the provisions of 
the law will be closed. Two of them have,been already pro- 
claimed so. A sharp discussion took place in the Municipal 
Council, and it was proposed by influential members that the 
electric incandescent light should be deemed obligatory for all 
the municipal theatres. 
THE Council of the Meteorological Society have determined 
upon holding an Exhibition of Anemometers at the Institution 
of Civil Engineers, 25, Great George Street, on the evening of 
March 15 next. The Committee are anxious to obtain as large 
a collection as possible of various patterns of anemometers, either 
full size, models, photographs, or drawings. Special interest - 
will attach to all apparatus bearing upon the history of anemo- 
meters and to their modification and improvement. The Com- 
mittee will also be glad to show any new meteorological apparatus 
inyented and first constructed since the last Exhibition. 
THE French exploring party who went to Fouta Djalonin the 
Niger Country, has arrived in Paris with a deputation from the 
sovereign of that land who has entered into a treaty with them. 
This is an important step towards the opening of Timbuctoo to 
trading caravans. 
Wirn the January number of the London Missionary Society's 
Chronicle is issued a sketch-map of South-Eastern New Guinea, 
in which are included the discoveries recently made by their 
agents, Messrs. Chalmers, Macfarlane, and Beswick. 
Av Leghorn an interesting geological discovery has been made. 
The brothers Orlando have found a well-preserved skeleton of 
an Elephas antiquus ; it was lying at a depth of about 4 metres 
below sea-level. Prof, Meneghini, of Pisa, superintended tbe 
excavation, and announces that the tusks are pretty straight and 
haye the enormous length of nearly 4 metres. 
At Nordrup, near Ringsted (Denmark), an interesting dis- 
covery has been made, At a depth of only a few feet in a 
deposit of pumice-stone the remains of seven human bodies were 
found, together with numerous bronze objects, urns, gold rings, 
Roman glasses, mosaics, glass beads, &c. A similar discovery 
was made at the same spot some years ago. 
THE ‘‘ Year-Book of Photography ” for 1882, edited by Mr. 
Baden Pritchard, contains a great deal of information that must 
be useful to those interested in photography. It contains a fine 
portrait of the late Mungo Ponton. Piper and Carter are the 
publishers. 
WE have received the first part of a new monthly German 
journal of science—/umboldi—devoted to natural science gene- 
rally. The contents are very varied and the style on the whole 
popular, with many illustrations. There is a long list given of 
eminent contributors, Enke, of Stuttgart, is the publisher. 
ON May 15 next an exhibition of minerals and objects illus- 
trating ceramics and the manufacture of glass will’ be opened at 
Madrid. ; 
A SPECIAL despatch has been received at St. Petersburg from 
M. Sullowsky, dated Irkutsk, December 26 (O.S.) 1881, which 
says: ‘At 10 o'clock on the morning of August 9 I parted with 
the Willian Rodgers, which shaped her course for Herald 
Island. The clipper S¢ve/ok then returned to the Chinese ports. 
Up to that time the Strelok and Witham Reagers had kept 
company. They were joined in Providence Bay by an American 
schooner, having on board the captain of a whaler which had 
stranded. This captain narrated that he had seen a boat with 
dead men on board which had been driven upon Herald Island. 
The boat also contained, besides other articles, some silver 
spoons with the name Yeannette engraved on them. In conse- 
quence of this narrative the captain of the William Rodgers 
resolved to proceed to Herald Island with the view of wintering 
