498 Miscellaneous Intelligence. 
olivine, like the « pallasite ” section of meteoric irons, and had a 
specific Se pore NY of toa Neg staal by Professor = 
An analysis of the iron by 
Me Pacene “fecled ae ie: ia nickel 10°65, cobalt 0°45, cop- 
per and phosphorus ¢races ; of the olivine, Silica 40°02, iron 
protoxide 14°06, manganese protoxide 0° 10, magnesia 45°60. 
Specific gravity of the olivine, 3°33; of the iron, 7°894. Small 
grains of bronzite were detecte d. 
r. Kinnicutt states that the external resemblance of the 
specimen to those of the Atakama iron is striking. _ Bu chner’s 
36°92 per ak of sete but the analysis needs revision, since the 
iron and manganese are given as sesquioxide, and if reckoned as 
proinde (its shualition: in unaltered olivine), the analysis shows 
a large loss. 
2) A cee gg tooth has been found by Dr. C. C, Assor 
in the gravels near Trenton affording paleolithic implements. It 
is a rolled sang worn oe ane is sic lo fee of the same age with | 
_ origin of the portion of a human skull dota bit some youth since 
at Trenton by Dr. Abbot from a person who stated that it was 
found in the gravel. 
Professor apa in the course of his report, : adds a word on 
3) fraudulent antiques, He says that Indian pipes, dishes and 
other relics are made for the ethnological market in Philadelphia ; 
a large business has been done in Ohio in the so-called gorgets - 
cut from slate and in hematite celts ; and much Indian pottery 
has been put into the trade in southern Illinois, A carved stone 
eee a ee child was sue A sent, eras Eureka, in 
e ciekee a paling ee in the Nahuatl-Spanish 
dialect of Nicaragua ; edited by D. G. Brivron. 96 pp. 8V0. 
Philadelphia, 1883. Ao al American Authors and their 
oductions ; by Dantet G. Brinton , A.M., M.D. 64 pp. 8vo. 
 prpemninees 1883. Brinton? 8 Shae of Aboriginal ae he 
Literature.—These two volumes are works of much research and 
historical ‘interest, by one of the ablest of t inbtioat axphesale ; 
gist - 
