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+ » noes oe ie eae 
Pae ee ane 
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sehlygoniie’ prove, on further examination, to be childrenite. Mr. O. D. 
Allen has recently visited the locality, and obtained a sufficient quantity 
of the mineral to determine its specific characters, and a description of 
’ these, Oa crystallographic a by Prof. ms ie — i 
I. J. Bru 
the next number of this Journal. G. 
On the Height of Mt. Shasta, California by J. D. Wa eb in 
charge of the Geological Survey of California——A careful and elaborate 
series of barometrical observations by sa State Geological Corps of — 
ifornia, made in September, 1862, has fixed the elevation of Mt. Shas 
at 14,440 feet.2 Previous to this, the om of Shasta had been a 
estimated at from 13,905 to 18,000 feet. The ~— 13,905 
result of a barometrical observation wos by , Moses, August 
20th, 1861; 18,000 feet was the height as sassdanad by the Pacific Rail 
Road expedition, under Lieut. Williamson; Fremont’s estimate was 
15,000 feet, which is much nearer the truth than Williamson’ a bees 
American Cyclopedia is 14, 390 feet, which is a very close approximation 
Where these figures were obtained, Thave been unable to ascertain.’ It 
is aes certain that they were not ‘the result of any actual measurement, 
as it is known ie “ Moses was the first person to ascend the moun- 
tain with a barom 
4. The Human 2 38 at Abbeville——Vague and inaccurate statements 
have been going the rounds of some of the — ssi weekly papers re- 
garding the proceedings of the conference of men of scienc e—English 
and French—-which was engaged at Paris last io in investigating the 
ease of the asserted discovery of a human jaw at Abbeville in the fossi 
state. 
The following is a résumé of the a :—The English deputies 
consisted of Mr. cone es Falconer, Dr. Carpenter, and Mr. Busk, 
ree of whom reached s on the. 9th and the other on the 10th. 
The French members were, MM Milne-Edwards (President), M. de Quatre- 
fages, M. Lartet, M. Delesse and M. Desnoyers. Three days were occu- 
pied in discussing the race of the flint Aaches, and in the examina- 
tion of the jaw, the latter of which was taken up on the third day. 
No decisive result was arrived at. The English members of the Com- 
mission maintained the unauthentic character of all the flint aches 
which were yielded by the “black band,” and nothing was sciakinhed 
on the other side to shake their convictions. The jaw was sawn u 
washed; the black coating was removed from it with the utmost facility ; 
there was no infiltration of metallic matter through the walls of the bone, 
and the section was comparatively fresh looking. The tooth also was in 
every respect beige: eee The confidence of some of the 
rencl ae 
This Journal, [2 xxxiv, 243, 
i oon of (2 mountain, as see’ ae the South-west-by-South (compass 
: =) is contained in this Journal, [2], vi 251. 
ter ae in is said to be 1 4,360 feet: but Lieut, Emmons thinks it is not 
