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the trusted friend of Stanley, and sold him a large tract of land, 
and the others are only similar kinglets ruling small districts. 
M. Mosionas claims to have discovered the descendants of the 
people from whom the ancient Egyptians sprung. This honor 
he attributes to the Hadendoas, a tribe of the Egyptian Soudan. 
He maintains that he has found among them evident traces of 
the language, manners, customs and beliefs of ancient Egypt. 
Dr. Bayol's scientific mission in Senegal has resulted in the 
discovery of a forest of ebony trees six miles n extent, and of 
forty-five wood essences. pias 
campaign in the Cascade range, from Mt. Shasta to Mts. Hood 
and Ranier, a region which contains possibly the most colossal 
outpour of volcanic matter in the world. 
the Aleutian archipelago. One of these is named after Bering, 
whose shipwreck and death occurred there ; the other is Mednoj. 
ering’s island, where raised beaches and terraces have been 
left by the subsidence of the sea. A Russo-American fur com- 
pany is established here. . The vegetation is stunted and sparse, 
presenting a great contrast to that of Kamschatka, which, spite 
of its position, has an exuberant growth of birches, alders, wil- 
lows, wild roses, rhododendrons, lilies, etc., far excelling that 
found in Norway, as also an enormous variety of birds, including 
“ Acrocephalus dybowskii, a sedge-warbler, Locustella lanceolata, 
which possesses a grasshopper-like cry, a cuckoo, pipits, chats 
and wagtails. 
Dr. Otto Finsch states that the Gilbert or Kingsmill islands, 
