402 Miscellaneous Intelligence. 
5. On Poisons in relation to mepaigg Jurisprudence and Med- 
icine. By Atrrep Swartne Taytor, M.D., F.R.S., &e. Third 
American, from the third English. tian Philadelphia, H.G 
Lea. 18 pp. 788, with 104 illustrations in the text.— 
AYLOR’s manual on poisons long ag: e a standard au- 
thority, and the appearance of a and pane Be rev es edi- 
cological science, to meet the wants of students in law se med- 
6. On the Strength of the Lion and the Tiger; by. Rey. Sine 
uEL Haveuton.—In Nature, vol. xii, p. 474, in a review of Dr. 
Fayer’s book on the tiger, doubts are thrown by the reviewer on 
the statement that the tiger is stronger than the lion. Dr. Fayer’s 
statement cannot be contradicted by any person well acquainted 
m l 
with 
lished in 1873, I have proved, p. 392, that the strength of the lion 
in the fore limbs is only 69°9 per "cent of that of the tiger, and 
one the ee of his hind limbs is only 65-9 per cent of that of 
the tiger. 
I may add cg eee men can easily hold down a lion, while it 
requires nine men ontrol a tiger. Martial also states that the 
tigers always killed. the lions in the amphitheatre. The lion is, in 
truth, a pretentious humbug, and owes his reputation to his impos- 
ing mane, and he will run away like a whipped cur, under cireum- 
stances in which the tiger will boldly attack and kill.— ra 
Oct. 7, in a letter dated Trinity College, Dublin, Oct. 1 
OBITUARY. 
WiuuiaM Jory Henwoop, F.R.S., F.G.S., died on the 5th of 
August, in his 71st year. He was the author of papers on Miner- 
alogy, and of elaborate memoirs on the metalliferous deposits © 
Cornwall and Devon, and various other topics connecte ed with 
mines i mining. 
Samuet D. Tintman, ee D., LL.D., died September 4th, at the 
age of 62 years. Prof. Tillman’s contributions to chemical litera- 
ture have been mainly in the departments of chemical philosophy 
and nomenclature. 
Unsere orm und das iat hegre gage ihrer Entstehung. Briefe 
Lei soa Pau es nF oe His. Mit 104 nS alan 
, Verlag von Oo 1875. Aas ‘ ues 
Ghotsra Epidemi cs of 1873 Sn bs Uni ted States. 1026 pp. ao hadaage =f: 
1875. 43d {cn 2d session, House of Representatives. ee 
Besides the long detailed Report on the Cholera persed a ae in NN 
America by John M. volume contains 
oodworth, M.D., this by 
., on that of 1832, 1833, 1834, of 1848, of 1854, aunts Fist, 1855 
in North ‘America ; and also a a history ‘of the — of Asiatic Cholera or 
Europe, by John C. P M.D. The volume is illustrated by sik 
closes with a very extended bibliography. 
