240 Miscellaneous. 



our journeys we saw many hills of this type. They are formed in 

 the denudation of plateaux and stand forward on the plain in evidence 

 of the former extent of the elevated land. The term ' zeuge ' 

 expresses this and may be rendered as ' sentinel rock ' or ' temoin'. 



I have not yet had the pleasure of seeing the textbook in question 

 and consequently am unacquainted with the definitions given by the 

 authors. If their terms are really ill calculated to advance knowledge, 

 those of the reviewer would probably confound it. 



G. W. Grabham 

 (Geologist to the Soudan Government). 

 Khartoum. 



March 17, 1911. 



MISCELLAKTEOUS. 



Australian Association for the Advancement of Science. 

 Award of the Mueller Medal. Sydney University, January 9, 

 1911. — At the opening meeting of the Association, under the 

 presidency of Professor D. Orme Masson, M.A., D.Sc, E.R.S., of 

 Melbourne, the Council awarded the Mueller Memorial Medal to 

 Mr. Robert Etheridge, Curator of the Sydney Museum, for his past 

 services in the cause of science, particularly in connexion with 

 palaeontology, ethnology, etc. Mr. J. H. Maiden said Mr. Etheridge's 

 work as a bibliographer was unsurpassed. Prior to his residence in 

 Sydney, he had served as an officer on the Geological Survey of 

 Victoria and of Scotland, also in the British Museum (Geological 

 Department). Dr. Hall, of Victoria, and other eminent geologists 

 testified to the invaluable services rendered to all the Colonies by 

 Mr. Robert Etheridge's work as a palaeontologist. His friends in 

 England and Scotland will rejoice to hear the honour conferred 

 upon him by the Australian Association. — Sydney Evening News, 

 January 9, 1911. 



Remarkable Tide at Aldeburgh. — Great damage was caused at 

 Thorpness, Aldeburgh, on April 3, by the high tide, the beach being 

 diminished to an extraordinary extent. The bungalows, formerly 

 a hundred yards away, are now within a few feet of high- water mark. 

 The seas have washed out of the sands hundreds of coins, gold, silver, 

 and bronze, dating from early Saxon times, antique bronze rings and 

 ornaments, and an old bronze bag clasp with a silver inscription, said 

 to be of King John's period. — We quote the above record from the 

 Morning Post, April 4, and may at the same time recall attention to 

 the paper on "Recent Coast Erosion at South wold and Covehithe " 

 by Mr. John Spiller (Geol. Mag., January, 1896, p. 23). 



International Congresses. — The Eourth International Philosophical 

 Congress assembled at Bologna in April, when, among other subjects 

 discussed, Professor Emile Boutroux dealt with the relationship of 

 philosophy and science. As remarked b)- Sir A. Geikie in his address 

 to the Royal Society in 1909, this aspect of scientific thought "is 

 too apt to be overlooked amidst the engrossing pressure of modern 

 research ". 



