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II. — Ueber die Fossilen Saugethier-Ueberreste von BaltavIr. 

 Von J. Petho. Jahresberickt d. K. Ung. Geolog. Anstalt fur 

 1884, pp. 63-73. Budapest, 1885. 



On the Fossil Mammalian Eemains fron BaltavIr. By 

 Dr. J. Petho. Annual Beport of the Boyal Hungarian Geo- 

 logical Survey for 1884. 



ABOUT 35 years since, some remains of fossil mammalia were 

 discovered near Baltavar, in the Trans-Danubian province of 

 Hungary, which Prof. Suess determined to be nearly entirely 

 identical with the Pikermi fauna. They consisted of the following 

 species : Machairodus cultridens, ITycena hipparionum (=IT. eximia, 

 Gaudry), Dinotherium, Rhinoceros, Sus erymanihius, Antilope brevi- 

 comis, Helladothefium Duvernoyi, and Hippotherium gracile. The 

 deposit was supposed to have been exhausted, but now lately fresh 

 remains have been discovered by the Hungarian Survey, and from 

 these, and from the collection stored in an adjoining monastery, Dr. 

 Petho has determined the under-mentioned list of fresh species, 

 which further show a remarkable connection with those from 

 Pikermi. They include Mesopithecus Pentelici, Wagn., Dinotherium 

 giganteum, Kaup, Mastodon Pentelici, Gaudr. et Lartet, Tragoceros 

 amaltheus, Both- Wagn., Cervus, sp., cf. Matheronis, Gerv., Chali- 

 cotherium Baltavdr ensis, n.sp., and Rhinoceros pachygnathus, Wagn. 



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The Survey or Western Palestine. Memoir on the Physical 

 Geology and Geography of Arabia Petr2ea, Palestine, and 

 Adjoining Districts, With Special Beference to the Mode 

 of Formation of the Jordan-Arabah Depression and the 

 Dead Sea. By Edward Hull, LL.D., F.B.S., 4to. pp. 145, 

 with Maps and Sections. (Published for the Committee of the 

 Palestine Exploration Fund, 1886.) 



IT is now generally recognized that the social and political history 

 of the inhabitants of any country has been largely influenced 

 by its physical characteristics, and that consequently in order to 

 elucidate the one, it is necessary to obtain a thorough knowledge of 

 the other. The Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund, in 

 its efforts to obtain a complete knowledge of the ancient inhabitants 

 of Palestine, took therefore a wise step in organizing an expedition 

 to this country to study its physical structure. Prof. Hull was chosen 

 as the leader of the expedition, and the present memoir gives the 

 outcome of his observations. 



The geological features of Palestine and the adjoining regions 

 have for many years past been pretty well known through the works 

 of several competent investigators, amongst whom may be mentioned 

 Bauerman, Lartet, Milne, Fraas, Bitter, Bussegger, and others, and 

 considerable light has also been thrown on its geology by the 

 explorations of Zittel in the Libyan Desert. A very excellent 

 resume of the existing knowledge of the subject has been given by 



