406 Correspondence of J. Nickles. 
have recieved from Abd-el-Kader, at Broussa (Asia Minor) a flock of 
goats from Angora, fifteen in number, which have been sent to the 
mountains of the south, centre, and east of France. We have seen 
m 
ling (Haut Rhin), a valley possessing much that is curious in its in- 
dustry, and of interest in the remains of ancient glaciers still traceable 
iis Two kids have been born since the goats were sent to Alsace, 
and as yet there is nothing to show that acclimation is eae The 
onebtaie doubt the success, and say that the texture of the wool chan- 
ges even for small distances in the same zone and the same region 
of 39° 20’ and 41° 30’, and the meridians of 33 nd 35° east 
“Paris, the surface of which is about 2350 square metric leagues. 
goat avoids the highest mountains, not ascending beyond 1600 meters, 
according to M. Tchihatcheff, who has studied the animal in Asia Mi- 
nor. It also keeps out of the lower valleys where the heat is high in 
summer. The village of Angora is the place where this goat is raised 
with the most success and in largest numbers. Its altitude is about 
1120 meters and its climate is liable to great extremes 
One of the most striking characteristics of the Angora goat, is its 
strong attachment to its native soil: a removal, however slight, causes 
a change in the quality of the wool. M. Tchihatcheff observes that 
all attempts to transfer it to Constantinople, Smyrna, and other parts of 
Asia Minor, have been without permanent success, the wool of the 
gypt 
France from Esypt in pes by piehye and his son finally 
succeeded in acclimatin 
Since sea al with tha Angora were begun, M. Graells, pa a 
of the Museum at Madrid, has stated that a flock of one hun os 
these goats was os Wurodikek into Spain in 1830, and that there are n 
two hundred of them in the mountains cas = Escurial, and still anata: 
flock in the mountainous region of 
Academy of Sciences.—The siltvos ipod sition at Paris has had 
some effect on the Academy of Sciences in bringing distinguished men 
from all parts of Europe and Britain to its meetings. At one recent 
enti there were present MM. Liebig, Brewster, Wheatstone, De la 
Rive, H. Rose, Poggendorff, Rammelsberg, Dove, Steinheil, etc. At 
this Scientific Congress, the United States is worthily represented by 
. Hunt, of Canada, whose numerous confining occupations as 
a lhcrnbar of the Jury at se Crystal Palace, have hindered him from 
pursuing his scientific la He ade a series of communica- 
tions to the Academy of “hehe some of them treating on theoreti- 
cal subjects of a profound character connected with great questions in 
philosophical chemistry now commencing to occupy the scientific 
world, and others specially on the geology of Canada. 
Bibliographical Notices.—Astronomie Prinlairs: d’Araco, vol. 
Paris: Gide and Baudry.—This volume is almost wholly devoted to the 
