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n, as in zun, Gm. nonne, Fr. n 
f, as Fy in right 2 ea. singen 
ny, as Sp. # in ¢ , Fr. gv in régne. 
ooré, long as in note. 
oor 6, short as in (N. E.) Lome, Gm. soll, Fr. mot. 
Pp; as in pipe, Gm, ad td a m upe. 
DS; nearly as ff in tophea 
ph, as Gm, fin p 
gh, as Gm. cÅ in ach, ee: apy ao P jin hijo, 
f, as in roaring, Om? 
rh, uvular 
5, sins ue Fr. e, Gm. 
sh, as in rte ny Soke: Fr. pitts i 
2 as in frot, Gm. ¢refen, Fr. tâter. 
f, nearly as gi a ropes ead. 
th, thin 
u or ñ, longas in re sae, Ft, © n. du, Fr. 
u or ŭ, short as in pul, soon, oe nu ll, oi i, uile. 
a i a run, so bo od. 
ûn, as Fr. un in un, bru 
it, as in Gm. £iA/, ‘sem Fr. er 
v; as in valve, Gm. wenn, Fr. 
wW, as in wish, will, wayward, ‘nearly as Fr. oui. 
a as in you, year, Gm. 7 i 
IU, as u in use, pure, mew, feu np. 
2, as in zones, Gm. hase, Fr. zèle 
zh, as in azure, s in peed Fasten. Fr. juger. 
Foreicn.—The October number of the nn es 
of Paris, contains the following communicatio 
tumulus préhistorique de Buenos Ayres, aE M. E oaia 
Ceballos ; Etude sur les Soninkés (Sénégal), par le Dr. Bérenger- 
Féraud ; Le crâne des noirs de l'Inde (Tribu des Maravars) par 
M E Callamand ; Join sur les Bahnars (Cochin chine), par le 
Dr. A. Morice. Am ong the valuable reviews is the following in 
connection with the — — shy ee des 
sd’ 
générale, par M. P. Topinard; Rapport sur |’ethnologie, par MM. 
Girard de Rialle et Bordier; Rapport sur le Préhistorique, par 
MM. G. de Mortillet, E. Cartailhac, et E. Chantre ; Rapport sur le 
Démographie, par M. Cherv 
GEOLOGY AND PALAONTOLOGY. 
Tue MAN or THE PAMPEAN FormatTion.—The accompanying 
cut, for which, with the accompanying notes, we are indebted to 
Prof. Ameghino, of Mercedes, Buenos Ayres, exhibits a trans- 
verse section of the stream Frias, demonstrating the geological 
constitution of the strata at the point where the fossil man of- 
Mercedes was found, feces with a plan of the excavation mod 
in exhuming the remain 
The Frias flows through a horizontal plain of uniform geologi- 
cal structure; its depth is from 2 m. to 2.30 m., its bed being 
scooped out 'of the pampean strata. Number ‘| indicates the = 
