774 General Notes. [July, 
character they are false. Lies are virtuous, the mother teaches 
her children falsehood. The Hovas have an hereditary nobility, 
a middle class of workmen and traders, and a slave class. 
Herr Von Maeehow states that the heights that border the val- 
ley of the Kuango reach a height of eight hundred to a thousand 
feet, while the stream in some places is eight hundred to @ 
thousand feet wide, in others reaches eighteen hundred paces. 
verywhere were magnificent forests, and hippopotami were 
abundant. 
News from Mr. Stanley, dating to the middle of December, 
states that he has started for Vivi, the first of seven stations €s- 
tablished by the International African Society. At Vivi prepa- 
rations are making for the construction of a railway line to the 
landing place on the river, Bolobo, the last station established, 
is seven hundred miles from the mouth of the Congo. The seven 
stations already seem to have become centres of civilization, and 
are making their influence felt upon the surrounding tribes, ab 
tle have been introduced at Vivi, cabbage and lettuce are thriving 
at Leopoldsville, and three small steamers are launched. Fears 
are entertained lest through the claims of the Portuguese g0- 
ernment obstructions to the freedom of way and commerce may 
arise. ins 
Several Swedish officers have recently left Europe to jom Mr. 
Stanley. 
GEOLOGY AND PALAIONTOLOGY. 
Tue STRUCTURE AND APPEARANCE OF A LARAMIE DINOSAURIAS: 
an account of the osteology of the skull, together with some 2i 
tematic conclusions, in ke Proceedings of the Philadel 
form and appearance of the skull, as seen in profile, 18 J ofa 
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unusually elevated posteriorly, and remarkably contracted at - n 
anterior part of the maxillaries. The flat, transverse €X 
of the premaxillaries is absolutely unique. The poster 
