318 Scientific Intelligence. 
from the port of Casma; in the course of it, it was necessary to 
cross several parallel ranges, one of them 16,800 feet in altitude, 
9. On the new Mineral Homilite—In December, 1876, M. 
Paijkull published an account of a new mineral, associated with 
1 
are totally isotropic. M. Damour has analyzed the m eral an 
his analysis (2) is here quoted together with that of M. Paijkull (1). 
SiO. BO; Al,0O,; Fe.0; FeO MnO Ce.0,* MgO CaO Na.O K,0 H,O 
(1) 31-87 pate 150: 2°15 © 16°26) -- 0°62 27-28 1-09 0°41 0°85 =100° 
(2) 33°00 [15-21 18°18 0-74 2°56 27°00 1°01 -. 2°30 =100° 
* With La,0s;, Di.O0;. 
The h : t 
From the fact that the analyses do not afford any simply atomic 
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work Professor Oliver has secured an efficient collaborator in Mr. 
Hiern, who has not only taken the Ebenacee, of which he has 
formerly published a classical monograph, but also the Umbel- 
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