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The traces of the first movement may, to a certain extent, have 
been obscured by the second great earth-creep of this region, which 
took place between the Nummulitic and the Miocene, and is evidently 
the same as that to which the Pyrenees and Alps are mainly due. 
Its direction was at right angles to the previous one, and this 
difference of direction constitutes an important anomaly when com- 
pared with such ranges as the Hircynian, Appalachian, etc., where 
these periodic tangential thrusts have generally operated in the same 
direction on each successive occasion. The existing relief of the 
country is mainly due to this latter event (accident géologique), in 
conjunction of course with the ordinary processes of denudation, 
which a rainfall, at present not much less than 80 inches annually 
on the northern slopes, serves to emphasize in a remarkable manner. 
Indeed, the author questions whether there is any country where the 
action of running water has been more complete and extensive than 
on the northern slopes of the Cantabrian Pyrenees. Between these 
weather-beaten mountains and the Bay of Biscay is a platform of 
marine denudation, varying in width, which helps to show the 
difference between the action of meteoric waters and that of the ocean. 
There are many geologists in this country to whom Dr. Barrois is 
personally known, whilst a still larger circle is acquainted with his 
works. That he continues to evince the same ardour, the same 
powers of observation, and the same philosophical spirit as of old, 
will be clear to all who have perused these Researches; nor must we 
forget to congratulate the Société Géologique du Nord on a publica- 
tion which does so much honour to its Memoirs. W. H. H. 
T].—Sctence 1n our Pusuiic ScHooLs. 
Firra Annuat Report or tHE Dutwicu Cotiuce Scrence Society 
For 1882. (Issued January, 1883.) 8vo. pp. 48. 
le is highly gratifying to find that the scholars of Dulwich 
College are determined not to be behind those of other public 
schools in their pursuit of science; and the present report of their 
“Science Society” speaks well for the interest its members take in 
all branches of scientific study. Besides the Museum Report, 
Meetings, etc., we have papers read on “The Voltaic Cell,” by S. 
Skinner; on “ Zoological Classification,” by H. Bedford Pim; on 
« Astronomy,” by G. E. Crawford; on ‘The Geographical Distribu- 
tion of Animals,” by J. Robinson, M.A., F.R.G.S. (Honorary Member); 
“Central America,” by Captain Bedford Pim, R.N. (Hon. Member) ; 
“Delusive Evidences of the Senses,” by G. E. Crawford; “The 
Geographical Distribution of Plants,” by T. Lattimer, M.A., B.Sc. 
(Hon. Member); “The Natural History of Bournemouth,” by 8. 
Skinner; “The Frog: a Study in Evolution,” by H. Bedford Pim; 
“ Modern Methods of Electrical Communication,” by G. E. Crawford ; 
«The Inorganic Impurities of Water,” by J. W. Stephens; “ Coral,” 
by W. H. Hillyer. The notes at the end of the Report comprise 
Botanical, Entomological, Ornithological, Chemical and Geological 
Notes. The following note, by 8. W. CarruTHERS, we give as 
deserving a wider circulation. 
