‘402 General Notes. 
. Petersbourg. From the author. 
_tion appears to be in about lat. 2° N., long. 25° E. or Wi g 
the river. 
tween the Mákua and Bomokandi is inhabited by 4 negr? 
Les petits. Mammifères de la France. Par Dr. E. L. Trouessart. From the 
author. g 
Sur les construction turriformes des Vers de terre de France. Par M, E. L. 
Trouessart. From the au E 
Memoires de la Société Géologique de France. Troisieme série, Tome second, i 
Iv. Recherches sur les Reptiles trouvés dans le Gault de l’est du bassin de Pans 
Par M. H. E. Sauvage. From the author. j 
Nachträge zur Dyas 11. Von Dr. H. : c 
Ext. from Mittheilungen aus dem Königlichen mineralogisch-geologischen und prat- 
n the results of recent explorations of erect Trees containing animal remains 
the Coal formation of Nova Scotia. By J. W. Dawson. Ext. Philosophical 
Royal Society. From the author. i 
len’s Human Anatomy. Section 111, Muscles and Fasciæ, By Dr. Harisa 
Allen. From the author. i E 
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se 
GENERAL NOTES, 
GEOGRAPHY AND TRAVELS.’ 
- AFRIcA—Commander Gallini, gives, in the last Bulletin of 
Paris Geographical Society, a map and illustrations of the scet 
of the Upper Niger and Segou, showing formations that some 
resemble the buttes of North America. a 
Mr. J. Thomson has left for Zanzibar, and trusts, about the ‘ 
dle of March to start upon a journey of exploration along 
east coast of the Victoria Nyanza. He will also penetrate 1i 
the Masai country. The expedition is at the expense 
Royal Geographical Society, and will probably be absent 
two years. 
and the “vast lake” heard of by Heuglin and Miani. biel 
o ~eograph 
_ The January issue of the proceedings of the Royal Geog” 
cal Society contains an account of Dr. Junker's € De 
the region of the Welle, near the Monbutta country. 7° 
accompanied the Egyptian detachment sent in purstt 
an . 
is but the native name for river. In about Jat. 4°N. 1 
the Makua receives a considerable tributary from f 
named the Bomokándi, but on Dr. Schweinfurth’s map try he 
Nemayo, komed name signifyin The oti 
+ This department is edited by ELtis H, YARNALL, Philadelphia. 
