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the real cause of his sudden departure was the dread of being subjected to 
a fresh examination as to the circumstances under which he was tattooed, 
a subject of which his previous accounts are in a high degree conflicting 
and unsatisfactory. Fortunately we have photographs of him as well as a 
detailed description in the “Wiener Medicinische Wochenschrift,” 1872, 
No. 2, and an engraving on a large scale in Hebra’s “ Atlas der Haut- 
krankheiten.” From these it appears that the tattooing covers the entire 
body with the exception of the nose and such parts as the soles of the feet. 
The colours are mainly dark blue with an occasional touch of red, while 
the design, embracing figures of animals, flowers, weapons, and other 
objects with written characters in some places, particularly in the palm of 
the hand, is carefully carried out. The skin, instead of sufiering in the 
process, is quite soft and delicate to the touch. Its feeling is unchanged, 
and in point of sensitiveness to temperature if anything increased. Accord- 
ing to his account, the instrument employed was a metal cylinder, pointed 
and split at the point like a pen, with a heavy metal handle. This cylinder 
being charged with coloured liquid was then placed against the skin, and 
resting on the left foreflnger of the operator the point was driven with a 
steady movement under the skin. With three hours of this daily the whole 
work was completed in three months, and that it should have occupied so 
long a period is not to be wondered at when we consider the elaborate and truly 
artistic character of the design. All doubts as to the tattooing having been 
done in Burmah are now at an end, through the assurance of Bastian that 
the letters which occur in it are Burmese. Costanti had called them 
Arabic. Though it is possible that he may have been subjected to the pro- 
cess as a proper punishment for a mercenary soldier captured in war, it is 
more likely that he had himself so carefully tattooed only for the ulterior 
object of gain. 
Mr. Gwin Jeffreys^ Errors in American Conchology are pointed out with 
some severity in a recent number of “ Silliman’s American Journal ” by Pro- 
fessor A.E.Verrill. He says that the special errors to which he wishes to call 
attention occur in the table of species, showing their geographical distribution. 
These relate both to the names and specific identity of certain shells, and to 
their geographical distribution. Although not agreeing with the author in 
regard to many of his remarks concerning the generic relations and names 
of species, he does not propose to discuss them here ; for there seems to be 
no danger of their general adoption, either in Europe or America. The 
following marine species (named as in Gould), which Mr. Jeffreys puts 
down as belonging to the region north of Cape Cod, actually belong pro- 
perly to the region south of Cape Cod, extending in most cases to the 
Carolina coasts or beyond, while north of Cape Cod they are rare or local, 
viz. : — Cochlodesma Leanmn, Mactra lateralis, Petricola pholadiformis, P. 
dactylus, Gouldia mactracea, Cytherea convexa, Venus mereenaria, V. notata, 
Gemma gemma, Liocardium Mortoni, Area transversa, Modiola plicatula, 
Pecten irradians, Ostrea Virginiana, Anomia electrica (not of Linn.), Dia- 
phana dehilis, Cylichna oryza, Placohranchus catulus, Crepidula fornicata, C. 
plana, C. convexa, C. glauca, lanthina fragilis, Bittium Greenii, Odostomia 
hisuturalis, O. seminuda, Turhonilla interrupta, Pleurotoma hicarinata, P. pli- 
cata, Nassa ohsoleta, Buednum cinereum, Diaeria trispinosa, Loligo Pealii. 
