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the first one. Heir von Sehweiger-Lerchenfeld describe 

 Rohlfs' journeys in 1S62 and 1864, the Oases of Tafilet and 

 Boanan, the Draa district, the exireme south-western coast dis- 

 tricts, the Wadi Sus valley, the journeys from Ktaua to the 

 southern frontier, and from Tafilet to Igli, the Saura river, 

 Beni Abbes and Karsas, the journey to the oasis of Tuat, In 

 Salah, and numerous other subjects of geographical interest. 

 His descriptions arc graphic and full. 



News of the Danish Arctic Expedition has been received at 

 Copenhagen, Tue-day night, up to Sep'ember 22. The Expe- 

 dition was then ice-hound near Mistni Island; but it was confi- 

 dently hoped that the vessel would get frte, and in any case 

 there appeared then to be no danger. 



At its last sitting, the Geographical Society of Hamburg 

 resolved lo despatch a new expedition into the centre of East 

 Africa. Its chief will be Dr. Fischer, who was one of Den- 

 hardt's companions in 1872, and remained behind at Zanzibar 

 when his leader returned home. Dr. Fischer applied this 

 summer to the Hamburg Geoeraphical Society for means to 

 enable him to cross the Snow- Mountains, and then penetrate 

 to the north ol the Gallas regions, and as the enterprise seemed 

 likely to favour the develoi ment of certain branches of the 

 Hamburg tnde, a sum of 15,200 marls was immediately sub- 

 ■cribedfor its furtherance. 



The " Thiiringisch-Sacnsidsche Verein fur Erdkunde " held a 

 general meeting at Kosen on Octo'er 1. Prof. Brauns (Halle) 



-poke ( n his travels in the moutuain districts of Southern Japan ; 

 Dr. Nicolai (Jena) on the land and people between the Ruhr and 

 the Wupper ; Dr. Assmann (Magdeburg) on meteorological 

 observations made on the summit of the Brocken. 



UNIVERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL 

 INTELLIGENCE 



Oxford. — Although the new Statutes have come into force, 

 regulating the courses given by the various teachers of science, 

 and bringing the college tutors more or less ui der the control of 

 the central authority of ihe Science Board, as yet no steps have 

 been taken to form any of the new Boards of Faculties, and for 

 this term at least lecturers only consult their own convenience 

 and the wants of their particular pupils. In the Physical De- 

 partment of the Museum, Prof. Clifton gives a course on "The 

 Electricity developed when Different Substances are in Contact 

 with one another ; " Prof. Price gives a course on Optics ; Mr. 

 Stacker a course on Elementary Mechanics ; and Mr. Heaton 

 will form a cla^s for the study of problems in elementary 

 mechanics and physics. 



At Christ Church Mr. Baynes gives a course of lectures on 

 Electrical Testing, to 1 e followed by a course of practical 

 instruction in electrical and magnetic measurements. 



At Balliol Mr. Dixon gives a course of lectures or. Elementary 

 Physics. 



In the Chemical Department of the Museum Prof. Odling 

 gives a cour.-e of lectures on Cyanogen and its Compounds. 

 Mr. Fisher lectures on Inorganic, and Dr. Watts on Organic 

 Chemistry. M . F. D. Brown will form a class for practical 

 instruction in Organic Chemistry. 



At Christ Church, Mr. Vernon Hare urt lectures and forms a 

 class for practical work in Quantitative Analysis. 



In the Biological Department of the Museum, Prof. Mcseley 

 continues his course on Comparative Anatomy. Each lecture 

 is followed by a practical course in illustration of the lecture. 



Mr. S. J. flick son will lecture on some recent improvements 

 in histolrgical methods, each lecture to be followed by p ictical 

 instruction. Mr. Morgan gives a course on the Teeth of Yerte- 

 brata, and Mr Parc'ay Thompson a course on the Vertebrate 

 and Invertebrate Skeleton. 



The Scholarship in Natural Science at Trinity Coll :e has 

 been awarded to Mr. David H. Nagel, of St. Andrew's Univer- 

 sity; proxime accessii, Mr. H. T. O. Minty, of the Royal Col- 

 lege of Science, Dublin. The following gentlemen have been 

 named as distinguishing themselves in the examination : — Mr. 

 J. Waddell, of D<lhousie College, Nova Scotia; Mr. F. L. 

 Overend, of Manchester Grammar School ; and Mr. T. II. J. 

 Watts, of Llandovery School. 



Cambridge. — To supply the place of a Demonstrator which 

 the late Prof. Balfour had asked for, and to carry on 

 his work during the current year, the Council of the Cam- 



bridge Senate have recommended that 300/. be placed at the 

 disposal of the Board of Biological and Geological Studies for 

 the year. Trinity College has appointed Mr. A. Sedgwick, 

 who was lately Mr. Balfour's Demonstrator, and had the sole 

 charge of the classes for two terms during Mr. Balfour's illness 

 this year, to a lectureship for the current year, on conditions 

 similar to those under which Mr. Balf.ur conducted his classes 

 before his appointment to the professorship. 11 



The follow ing science lectures have been announced : — 

 Professor Cayley, ' n the Abelian and Theta Functions ; Pro- 

 fessor Lewi--, on Mineralogy and Crystallography ; Mr. Muir, 

 Caius College, on the Metals, and General Principles of 

 Chemistry ; Mr. Lea, on Chemical Physiology ; Dr. Michael 

 Foster, on Elementary Physiology ; Mr. Langley, on Physiology 

 and Histology, with practical work ; these lectures will deal 

 with protoplasm, the cell theory, theory of contraction, blood 

 corpuscles, muscle, ciliated cells, nerve cells, endings of nerves, 

 and the general physiology of nerve and muscle. 



Mr. A. Sedgwick will give an elementary and an advanced 

 course on the Invertebrata, with practical work. The advanced 

 course will be given in conjunction with Mr. W. H. Caldwell, 

 of Caius, College, and will extend over three terms. 



Prof. Newton is lecturing on the Evidence of Evolution in the 

 Animal Kingdom. 



Prof. Humphry is lecturing on Osteology, and holds advanced 

 classes in Anatomy and Physiology. 



Messrs. A. G. Greenhill and R. R. Webb are appointed 

 Moderators for the ensuing year. 



Mr. W. N. Shaw (Emmanuel College) is appointed a member 

 of the Board of Physics and Chemistry, and Messrs. A. Sedg- 

 wick and E. Hill are added to the Board of Biology and 

 Geology. 



Mr. R. Etheridge, F.R.S., and the Rev. E. Hill, are ap- 

 pointed adjudicators for the Sedgwick Prize. 



The Medical Examiners for the year are, 1st M.B., Messrs. 

 P. T. Main, W. Garnett, and S. H. Vines; 2nd M.B., Drs. 

 Watney, Shuter, and A. M. Marshall ; 3rd M.B., Drs. Reginald 

 Thompson, Galabin, and Handfield Jones. Examiners in 

 Surgery, Messrs. Luther, Holden, and T. Brayant ; Assessor to 

 the Regius Professor of Physic, Dr. Cheadle. 



Messrs. R. S. Heath, Second Wrangler 18S1, and A. E. 

 Steinthal, Third Wrangler 1S81, have been elected to Fellow- 

 ships at Trinity College. 



SCIENTIFIC SERIALS 



Zeitschrift fur wissmschaftlicht Zoologie. Bd. 37, Heft i., 



Angus'", 1SS2, contains : — On the development of AsUrina 

 gibbosa, Forbe=, by Prof. Dr. Hubert Ludwig (with woodcuts 

 and plates I to 8). — On Marginella glabella, L., and on the 

 Pseudo-marginellidse, by Justus Carriere (plate 9). — On the 

 lateral canal system in Coitus gobio, by Dr. E. Bodenstein 

 (plate 10). — On the coloration of the nestlings of the genus 

 liclectus (Wagl.), with a list appended of seventy-one papers on 

 this somewhat vexed question, by A. B. Meyer. 



Verhaudlungen der k.k. zool.-botan. Gcsellscliaft in Wien, Bd. 

 xxxii. 1't. I (January to June, 1882), contains, in addition to the 

 proceedings of the Society, the following memoirs : — Zoolo^rv. 

 By Dr. R. Bergh, contribution to a knowledge of the Aeolidida?, 

 vii. (plate i.-vi.). — Er. F. Brauer, on Sympycna paedisca, a justi- 

 fication of this as a new* species. — Dr. R. Drasche, a revision ot 

 the types of Diesing and Molin in the Nematode collection of the 

 Society (plates 7 to 9). — On Oxycoryina, a new genus of Synas- 

 cidian (plate 13). — Helminthological notes (plate 12). — Count 

 Keyserling, on new American spiders (plate 15). — Dr. Low, the 

 characteristics of the genera Aphalara and Rhinocola (plate 11). 

 A revision of the palaearctic Psyllidae, and on a new species of 

 coccus (Xyloccccus fit i fetus) (plate 16). — A. v. Pelzeln, on the 

 export of birds from Borneo. — A. Wimmer, on some adriatic 

 shells. — Botany : Dr. G. Peck. New Austrian plants (plate 14). 

 — \V. Vos-, materia] towards a list of the fungi of Krains. — Dr. 

 F. Arnold, in memory of F. X. Freiherr v. Wulfen, born 

 November 5, 172S, died March 16, 1805. 



Rei'ue Internationale des Sciences biologiques, August 15, 1882, 

 contains — On modern Hylozoism, by Jules Soury. — On the 

 structure and the movement of protoplasm in vegetable cells, by 

 H. Frommann (in continuation). — On psychology and the 

 labours of Broca, by M. Zaborowski. 



