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[Sept. lo, 1874 



The Southport (Lancashire) Aquarium will be opened on the 

 1 6th inst. 



Among the newly enrolled members of the Victoria Institute 

 is M. Joachim Barrande, the Bohemian palaeontologist. 



A TELEGRAM from Rome of Sept. 5 announces that the 

 eruption of Mount Etna has ceased, but that the shocks of earth- 

 quake continue. 



The Mdhnirne Argus has the following among its news 

 from the South Sea Islands :— "On the 30th of April Captain 

 M'Kenzie observed what he believed was a submarine volcano 

 in a state of activity. When about midway between Haabai 

 and Tonga, two of the Society Islands, about 12 miles from 

 land, he observed a large column of water shoot up fully 100 feet 

 into the air. There was a dense cloud of what appeared to be 

 steam rising from the ejected water. Captain M'Kenzie was 

 afraid to go sufficiently near to ascerla'n whether it was warm 



water that was ejected, but upon this point there can be little 

 doubt. The spot where he saw the water sent up is marked on 

 the chart as a shoal, and so long as lie was in sight the water 

 continued to be sent upwards with equal force." 



The additions to the Zoological Society's Gardens during tlie 

 past week include a Toque Monkey {Macacus pilaitiis) from 

 Ceylon, presented by Mrs. Thomas ; a Macaque Monkey 

 (Macaiiis cynomologus) from India ; a Malbrouck Monkey 

 {Cercopithecus cytiosurus) from West Afric.i, presented by Mr. 

 H. C. Marckmann de Lichtabbell ; an Arctic Fox (C««;> lagvpiis) 

 from the Arctic Circle ; a Black-headed Gull {Lams rUihundus) 

 European, presented by Mr. Keell ; a Prairie Marmot 

 (Airtomys /udoz'ifiaiiiis) from North America, presented by Mr. 

 Thellusson ; a Guilding's Amazon (Chrysolis ginldiiigi) from 

 St. Vincent, purchased; four Houbara Bustards (Hoiiliaria 

 uitdii/alci) from Tripoli, deposited. 



Fig. 1.— Plan of Troy iti the time of Priam. A. Tower ol Ilium. B 

 structures superposed. D. Trojan houses E. Large earthenwa 

 the blood. G. Remains of Trojan houses. H. Place where th. 

 N. Wall prior to Troy. O. Trojan houses and later walls superposed. , 

 of the enceinte of Troy. 



THE RUINS OF TROY: RECENT DISCO- 

 VERIES OF DR. SCHLIE.MANN* 



r~\\J'R age is eminently an age of investigation, and, 

 ^-^ more than any previous one, is drawn towards 

 archaeological studies by a restless and feverish ardour. 

 Dissatisfied with the present, it rushes back into the 

 past, to seek for traces of the most ancient origins of 

 man and of his races, the primitive sketches due to his 

 artistic and industrial genius, the beginnings, still so 

 obscure, of his history, and even of prehistoric times. The 

 learned works of Mr. Layard on Nineveh and Khorsabad, 

 the fruitful excavations of M. Mariette in Egypt, those of 

 the Americans in the mounds and tumuli of the Ohio and 

 Mississippi, the discoveries, so valuable for human pate- 

 ontology, due to the courageous perseverance of Boucher 



* Translated from an article in La .Vci/nn; by Dr. N. Joly, of Toulouse. 



of two storeys before the taking of Troy. C. Trojan structures and later 

 F. Ahar for sacrificing to the Trojan Minerva, with drain for carrying off 

 e of Priam has been found. K. Remains of Priam's palace. M. Gates. 

 .Fortified wall prior to Troy. R. Wall of defence prior to Troy. S. Remains 



de Perthes and to the ingenious sagacity of M. Lartet, of 

 Sir Charles Lyell, of Sir John Lubbock, Prof. Wilson, 

 Mr. E. B. Tylor, and others, — does not all this indicate a 

 very distinct m .vement towards researches which have 

 for their object the vestiges which man has left on the 

 earth or in its depths from the most remote periods ? 



To the number of the most recent archaeological labours 

 which have strongly attracted public attention, we must 

 add, with good reason, the important and magnificent 

 work of Dr. Heinrich Schliemann, which has just been 

 published at Leipzig, under the title of " Trojanische 

 Altertluimer'' (Trojan Antiquities). 



A poet has said, in speaking of the ancient city, whose 

 misfortunes another poet has sung in immortal verse, — 



"Etiamperiereruina:." 



But Dr. Schliemann and the noble companion of his life 

 and his labours have given the lie to Lucan. Others, it is 



