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OCCASIONAL NOTES. 171 
Saigon presents an extraordinary appearance at this season of 
the year. Ordinarily it is as desolate, if not as big, as the 
similar place at Cairo; but during the four days of the Tir 
both sides of the Tay-Ninu road are crowded with pious 
descendants from all parts of the country, come to secure the 
tranquillity of their ancestry —lrance and Tongking, by 
James G. Scort, 1885. 
The scientific decoration of officier d’Académie (Jes palmes 
académiques) has been conferred by the French Government 
upon Mapame pE LA Crorx, whose husband M. J. Errineron 
DE LA Croix is a member of this Society and has dene much 
useful scientific work in this part of the world. 
The following extract is taken from the minutes of a 
meeting of the Société de la Geographie, Paris, held on the 
17th July, 1885 :— 
“Le Président annonce ensuite la nomination de Mme. Br- 
_ BINGTON DE LA Croix comme officier d’Académie. M™e- pE 1a Croix 
a accompagné son mari en Malaisie ou elle vient de faire un séjour 
de deux années dans la presqu’ile de Malacca. Elle a su utiliser 
ses loisirs en racueillant pour le Muséum d’intéressantes collections 
de plantes, d’insectes et de papillons dont beaucoup de spécimens 
étaient enticrement nouveaux. Elle a en outre fourni un concours 
précieux a son mari dans les travaux scientifiques auxquels il se 
livrait de son coté. Bel exemple pour les femmes d’explorateurs 
ou de fonctionnaires qui habitent nos colonies! La vaillante 
exploratrice a bien mérité la distinction dont elle yient d’étre 
Vobjet.” 
A map shewing the course of the Triang river was to have 
accompanied Mr. O’Brign’s paper on Jélébu published in No. 
14 of this Journal. As, however, it was not received in time 
