148 Screntific Intelligence. 
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“‘ Notes” are the daily guide of the students of that institution. 
It is a particularly practical book and ‘ap adapted to its objects. 
l Problems, by James C. Fors. 43 pp. 8vo. 
Appleton’ s Mise., 1879. .—Many Goantints may find their work facil- 
itated by havin ng a series of artes ms on the fundamental princi- 
ples of chemistry prepared for them 
II. Geotoegy AND MINERALOGY. 
a e Observations of the Geological ey by H. B. Mxpuicorr, 
aw. T 
ey; a 
the work may therefore be received as a faithful presentation of 
the latest results obtained. The fac cts and view s are ably set forth, 
are 
ae is ‘divided into Part I sgyng pases e i), eal 
i e li), 0 
the Extra-peninsular area; and both the see ii aN and 
othe k of these areas are ey ted of. 
1.) The 
the broad vate of the Indus and Ganges, at the foot of the inte- 
rior mountain region; “the "hens cutout area is geologically 
ay The "he sence of marine ae beds older than Ter- 
ing some Jurassic 
ing of limeston nes aa shales in many alte rnations ; and, renee y> 
the gr a oe or plant-bearing and coal-bearing series, of wide 
extent, the lower portion of which (the Talchir and Damuda 
de 7 ee are referred to the Permian and Triassic, and the upper 
{the Mahadeva and Rajmahal) to the Jurassic.* 
* The only animal fossils of the Damuda series are an Estheria, some Laby- 
rinthodont and true Reptiles (a Dicynodon (also a Karoo form), and the Dinosaur, 
Ancestrodon Indicus). 
