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ceous deposits which could not be attributed to decomposition of 
the rocks in situ, or to the alluvium deposited by the rivers, or 
to rain. He attributed them to atmospheric currents. The winds 
by day raise the particles from the plains, and carry them at night 
to the hills, 
EUROPE.— European News.—Sulitjelma, in 671/° north latitude, 
and belonging as much to Norway as to Sweden, has hitherto 
been believed to be the highest Swedish mountain. Last year 
the topographical surveyor of Norrland found that Sarjekjakko, 
in Swedish Lapland, is quite 1000 feet higher than Sulitjelma, 
that is, about 7000 feet. Dr. Svenonius now states that Kebne- 
kaisse, also in Lapland, has been ascertained to be 7300 feet 
above sea-level —--The rocky islet. Munken, three and a half 
miles south of Surhbd, has completely subsided. The rock is 
well-known in history. It is mentioned in 1673 by Pastor Lucas 
Jacobson Debes, and plays a conspicuous part in geographical 
literature, especially with reference to the Zeni narrative. The 
islet was formerly seventy feet high, but is now no higher than 
the surrounding rocks, so that the sea covers it even in fine 
The shoals around are dangerous, and will now be 
more so. In 1800 the rock was described as like a ship under 
full sail when seen from seaward, while from the/land it resembled 
the figure of a monk. 
GEOLOGY AND PALAZONTOLOGY. 
PoLeMics IN PaLt#onTotocy.—The present activity in verte- 
brate paleontology is accompanied by considerable controversy 
in various directions.. M. Lemoine and M. L. Dollo are at issue 
regarding the identity or non-identity of the genus Champso- 
saurus Cope and Simcedosaurus Gervais; M. Dollo maintaining 
their identity and referring to the Champsosaurus, a skeleton found 
at Erquelines. M. Lemoine states that the Erquelines example 
comes from an horizon different from that which yielded Simcedo- 
saurus, and that, in order to force an identification, M. Dollo has 
accused him (M. Lemoine) of errors which he did not commit. 
On the identity of the American and Cernaysien forms M. Le- 
moine reserves his opinion. M. Dollo answers by asserting the 
identity of horizon of the French and Belgian specimens, and 
giving reasons for considering the remains as belonging to the 
same species. Passing in review the cranium, atlas and axis, ver- 
tebrz, scapula and coracoid, and other parts, he not only denies 
the existence- of any proved divergence between the American, 
Cernaysien and Belgian examples, but declares that the bones 
described by M. Lemoine as scapula and coracoid are really not 
those bones, since they are shown as placed one over the other, 
whereas there is a true articulation between the actual scapula 
and the coracoid. He suggests that the scapula of M. Lemoine 
may be a part of the coracoid. 
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