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spear.” It is manifestly unfitted for such use, but this statement 
goes to show that it was an unfamiliar weapon among the people 
by whom he was surrounded. The natives of that region, as well 
as the Greenlanders and Eastern Eskimos, retrieve seals with the 
kaiak, occasionally using the stabbing harpoon common to the 
whole Eskimo race, to secure a seal, but they are unprovided 
with any special weapon for retrieving. 
We were unable, during our stay at Point Barrow, to ascertain 
whether this weapon was in use before the introduction of fire- 
arms, which are now universally employed, but I am strongly led 
MICROSCOPY." 
La BIOLOGIE CELLULAIRE.—The first number of a comprehen- 
sive treatise on general cytology, bearing the above title, has just 
been published. Two more numbers are to follow, which will 
Engelcke, 24 Rue de I’ Université de Gand, Belgium. 
The author, J. B. Carnoy, professor of general biology in the 
1 Edited by Dr. C. O. WHITMAN, Mus. Comp. Zool., Cambridge, Mass. 
