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SCIENCE. 



lYoL. IX., No. 229 



[Professor Dokemus.] 

 Solid particles 141.4 



Water 858.6 



Butter 44.2 



Sugar 17.9 



Caseine 70.8 



Saline matters 8.5 



1000.0 

 [E. H. Bartlet, M.D.] 

 Milk from two cows at the Blissville swill-stables 

 in 1879, obtained by myself and personally an- 

 alyzed, gave the following results : — 



Water 89.21 



rat 1.37 



Sugar \ c sn 



Caseine / *'■"" 



Ash 62 



100.00 



II. 



Water 89.14 



Fat 1.23 



Sugar ) „ Q. 



Caseine; °-^^ 



Ash 68 



100.00 



Not more than five per cent of thin cream by 

 volume in either specimen ; reaction acid ; under 

 microscope, fat-globules scant, small, and aggre- 

 gated ; some colostrum-like cells and particles of 

 epithelium. 



Sanitary ordinances. 



From the ansvrers received, it appears that 

 sanitary ordinances exist in Brooklyn, section 45 

 of Sanitary code, and in New York, sections 29, 

 45, 186, and 207 of Code, prohibiting the feeding 

 of distillery sw^ill to milch cows, and the sale of 

 milk from animals so fed. In New York state 

 the same practices are prohibited by chapters 202, 

 Laws of 1884, and 183 of Laws of 1885. In New 

 Jersey, chapter 82, Laws of 1882, prohibits sub- 

 stantially the same. There is said to be a prohibi- 

 tory law to the same effect in Illinois. The sale 

 of milk from cows confined in distillery sheds, 

 and fed on distillery slops, is prohibited in Chicago. 

 In Massachusetts the sale of milk from cows fed 

 on the refuse of distilleries is prohibited (Chapter 

 57, sections 5 and 9, of the Public statutes of 

 Massachusetts, as amended by chapter 318 of the 

 Acts of 1886). 



[To he continued. I 



EXPLORATION AND TRAVEL. 



Asia. 



Messrs. Bonvalot and Capus, who are making 



an attempt to reach India, starting from Fergana, 



by way of the Alai Mountains and the Pamir 



Plateau, had reached on March 15 {Bull. soc. 



geogr., No. 10) the pass of Taldyk, a few days' 

 joui'ney north of Kara-Kul, which is situated in 

 the northern part of the Pamir. Their journey 

 is considered extremely diflS.cult, on account of 

 the severity of the climate, the hostility of the 

 natives, and the difficult roads. 



Mr. Carey has continued his interesting journeys 

 in Central Asia. The latter part of the winter 

 of 1885-86 he spent in Chelik, near Lob Nor. 

 About May 1 he went south, in order to explore 

 the northern part of Tibet. For this purpose he 

 had to cross the Altin Tag and Chamen Tag. 

 Having passed these ranges, he reached the foot 

 of a high chain, which is probably the true Kuen 

 Luen. Here his guides failed to find a pass by 

 which it was possible to cross so early in the 

 season, and he had to travel a considerable dis- 

 tance eastward, through barren and difficult 

 country, until at length an opening was found 

 leading to the valley of the Ma Chu, the head 

 source of the Yang-tse-kiang, which was visited 

 by Prejevalsky in 1879. Want of supplies com- 

 pelled him to turn north, and he spent some time 

 exploring the district of Tsaidam, which is situated 

 between the Altin Tag and Marco Polo range. In 

 the autumn he struck north, and, after crossing 

 the Gobi, reached Urumchi in the Tien Shan, now 

 the capital of Chinese Turkestan. Here he was 

 well received by the Chinese governor, and de- 

 spatched to Yarkand, where he arrived early in 

 the present year, and whence a start was made 

 on March 7 for Ladak. It appears that he went 

 chiefly over Prejevalsky's ground. The high 

 chain south of the Chamen Tag, reached by him, 

 are the Columbus and Marco Polo mountains of 

 Prejevalsky. His journeys in Tsaidam are new, 

 while on his way north he followed Prejevalsky's 

 route. The results of this journey, nevertheless, 

 will be of great importance. 



Africa. 



The Scottish geographical magazine for June 

 contains an interesting account of an exploring 

 trip to Mvutan Nsige by Emin Pasha. His re- 

 marks on the formation of the lake are of great 

 interest. He describes the mountain-ranges bor- 

 dering it, and the alluvial deposits on its western 

 coast. Land is forming rapidly on the west side 

 of the lake, it appears, while the mountains on the 

 east side rise steeply from the water. The lake is 

 described as very stormy, the winds blowing with 

 great force up and down the valley. Emin has 

 made two other excursions on the lake since this 

 paper was written ; and the following extracts 

 from a letter, which are published as an appendix 

 to the paper, give the chief results of his work. 

 He writes, "The chief result of my work is the 



