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same subject, very agreeably written, and correct in the account it 

 gives of the Geology of the mountain and its products, but with no 

 pretensions to the completeness and scientific character of that 

 of the Oxford Professor. Its most interesting portion, perhaps, is 

 the narrative of the ascent of the volcano by the author in the spring 

 of last year, while in full eruption. The volume contains several 

 good and accurate maps and sketches. 



II. — Stone Implements from Java. 



By M. Eoulin. 



[Rapport sur une collection d' instruments en pierre dicouverts dans I'ile de Java, et 

 remontant a une epoque anterieure a celle oii commence, pour ce pays, 

 I'histoire proprement dite. (Extrait.) (Commissaires : MM. Daubree, Roulin 

 rapporteur.) Comptes Rendus de I'Acad. des Sciences, Paris, 28th December, 

 1868.] 



THE specimens described in this report were collected by M. Van 

 de Poel, of Cheribon, and forwarded by him as a present to 

 the French Government. 



The collection comprises thirty-nine articles of polished stone, 

 which were successively dug up from great depths in the soil. 

 They belong to a period antecedent to all the records and traditions 

 of the country. It is difficult to obtain any from the natives, owing 

 to the adoration they profess for them. 



The specimens differ in general aspect from any already in the 

 possession of the Academy ; they are remarkable for the beauty of 

 the materials out of which they have been shaped, and for the 

 symmetry of their forms. They vary in size from 385 millimetres 

 in length, to only 26 millimetres ; these being the two extreme 

 measurements. 



Owing to the want of any information relating to the mode of 

 occurrence of the specimens, the report is confined to their direct 

 examination, and the comparison of them with analagous modern 

 objects. 



They nearly all of them belong to implements of labour ; there 

 are besides three bracelets and a thin plate of oval shape probably 

 " distinee a une incrustation," which from their style of workmanship 

 are evidently to be associated with the other specimens. There 

 is a very striking absence of all kind of arms. It is impossible to 

 suppose that the ancient Javans were entirely wanting in weapons 

 of warfare or of the chase ; but perhaps these were made of wood, 

 like those now used over a large portion of Polynesia. Under 

 ordinary circumstances it does not require many years to efface the 

 traces of such arms. Still some vestiges would have escaped the 

 common causes of destruction, and they will, when discovered, 

 become the objects of much interest. 



Fifteen only of the thirty-five implements are entire, but some of 

 the others, tliough not perfect, are of great importance. 



One of these latter, made of a greyish flint, formed part of a 

 strong blade 25 millimetres in thickness, smooth beneath, slightly 

 convex above, of a uniform width and thickness (82 and 25 milli- 



