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«On some Curiosities of Physical Geography in the Ionian Islands.”— 
By Professor ANsTED. 
‘** On a Central Argentine Railway from Rosario to Cordova, and across 
the Cordillera of the Andes.” By W. Wueetwricut.—The Central 
Argentine Railway commences at the city of Rosario, in the province of 
Santa Fe, on the right bank of the La Plata, in the latitude of 32° 56’ 
southward, the longitude of 61° 30’ west, and about 250 miles above 
Buenos Ayres by the channel route, which is navigable for ships of a large 
size, and has a depth of 16 feet of water ; it possesses a very fine harbour, 
and all the elements of prosperity, and is the great commercial entrepot 
of the interior provinces. Here the steamers which ply between Monte 
Video, Buenos Ayres, and Paraguay, and those engaged in commerce with 
Corrientes and other commercial points, stop, while almost a daily inter- 
course by steamers is kept up between this port and Buenos Ayres. From 
Rosario the railway will pursue its course in a north-west direetion over 
those vast and fertile plains to Cordova, the central city of the plains, 
247 miles, and thus will form the great trunk line, having upon its south 
and west the provinces of Mendoza, San Juan, San Luis, and the interior 
of the province of Buenos Ayres, whose high roads all concentrate upon 
the line of railway about midway; on the north are the provinces of 
Tucuman, Santiago del Estero, Jujury, Catamarca, and Rioja, with all 
their roads concentrating at Cordova, and thus forming one of the most 
extraordinary combinations to be found in the annals of railways. 
‘On the Physical Geography of Guatemala.” -By M. Ospert Satvin. 
** On the Manganza in Africa.” By the Rev. L. J. Proctor. 
“On the so-called Celtic Languages in Reference to the Question of 
Race.” By Mr Joun Crawrurp. 
* On Celtic Languages.” By Mr R. 8S. Cuarnocx. 
Mr Crawfurd argued that the Gaelic and Welsh languages were 
quite distinct, while Mr Charnock took an opposite view. 
‘¢ On some Points in the Cranioscopy of the Nations of South America.” 
By Mr C. Carter Brake. 
‘‘ On the Gulf Stream and the Influence of Atmospheric Currents.” By 
Captain Maury. ; 
‘** On his Travels with Captain Speke from Zanzibar to the Sources of 
the Nile.” By Captain Grant. 
** A short Account of old Maps of Africa, placing the lakes (Nyanza 
and Tanganzika) nearly in their true positions.” By Mr Joun Hoge. 
** An Account of his Disasters in ascending the Nile.” By Vice-Consul 
PETHERICK. 
*« On his Travels towards the Sources of the Nile.” By Signor Mian. 
‘* On his Exploration of certain Affluents of the Nile.” By Baron von 
HEvetin. 
“ The Ethnology of Ceylon, referring especially to its Singhalese and 
Tamil Inhabitants.” By Mutu Coomara Swamy. 
‘« On the Varieties of Man in the Malay Archipelago.” By Mr Aurrep 
Wautace.—In the Malay Archipelago are found two very strongly con- 
trasted races—the Malays and the Papuans. The former inhabit the 
great Western Islands—Sumatra, Java, Borneo, and Celebes; the latter, 
New Guinea and the adjacent smallislands. The typical Malays are of 
a light brown colour, resembling cinnamon or lightly roasted coffee ; they 
have constantly straight black and rather coarse hair, little or no beard, 
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