Miscellaneous Intelligence. 283 
tions he had made in the interior, and a fine series of photographs of 
the scenery and natives. He saved, however, his chronometers, which 
he himself carried, and his journals, with one set of his astromomical ob- 
Servations. He at once, therefore, retraced his steps westward, and 
immediately afterward made his way back to England.—Proc. Geograph. 
» Yan, d. 
in which Professor Van der Hoeven, Professor J. H. Bennett, Dr. Flem- 
Ing, Dr, Crisp, Dr. Anderson, Dr. Patterson, Messrs. Turner, Power, and 
others took part—Proe. Brit, Assoc., Reader, Sept. 30, 1865. aye 
5. Lllumination under terosco t the late soirée at University 
College, two forms of Mr. Smith’s (of the United States) illumination for 
paque objects under high microscopic powers were exhibi ne was 
Constructed by Messrs. Smith an k, of Cornhill, and the other by 
etween the end of the microscope tube and the objective. This is 
ery d at the side by an aperture opposite which a table lamp is placed; 
i, : 
within the box is a small silvered mirror, which receives the light from 
Whilst sufficient light is thrown down to illuminate the o 
Proceeding from the latter are not partially cut off. 
plied to the one-twelfth inch gave splendid results, and the makers 
lege that it may be used with one-twenty-fifth or one-fiftieth inch glasses 
with equal advantage.— Reader, Dee. 23. 
bject, the rays 
modification 
OBITUARY. x 
_ Lovett Reeve, the publisher, died on the 18th instant at his house 
In Henrietta ayenk gots thirteen months’ severe suffering, aged fifty-seven. 
Mr. Reeve was well known, not only as a publisher, but also as an author, 
his contributions to the natural history of the Mollusca being both nu- 
Merous and valuable. They are to be found in the volumes of the “ Pro- 
ceedings of the Linnean Society,” of which body Mr. Reeve was a fellow. 
