THROUGH EUROPE AND TO THE ISLANDS OF THE ATLANTIC. 1G1 
extremely rare, and that its presence might possibly be accounted for 
in the manner suggested for Italy, Greece and Spain. With regard 
to the lion, it still existed (that is, the maneless variety) in Western 
India, in the neighbourhood of Simur and parts of Gujarat, but 
every year it was becoming more rare. He believed that about 
thirty-five years ago he had seen on Mount Abu the last specimen 
of what was known locally as the Abu lion. As the Chairman was 
there about the same time, he might have seen it also, and been 
responsible for its death ! 
He stated that he had read in a paper (the Globe, of February 28th) 
that the Russian Academy of Sciences was fitting out an expedition to 
go to the Yakutsk District to bring back a large mammoth which 
had recently been discovered, in the intestines of which vegetable 
remains, hitherto quite unknown to botanists, had been found. It 
seemed possible, therefore, that want of suitable food might help to 
explain the extinction of the animal. The following is the extract : 
“A Siberian Mammoth. 
“ Discovery of Unknown Vegetable Matter. 
“(from our correspondent.) 
“ St. Petersburg, February 25. 
“ The Academy of Sciences is fitting out an expedition to go to 
the Yakutsk District for the purpose of bringing back the huge 
mammoth that was discovered lately in that desolate region. A 
remarkable feature of this latest discovery is that vegetable remains, 
in a perfect state of preservation, and hitherto quite unknown 
to botanists, have been found in the huge animal’s intestines.” (See 
Frontispiece.)* 
Dr. Woodward, F.R.S., complimented the author on his 
contributions to our knowledge of the former extension of 
continental coasts, on the West of Europe and of Africa, towards 
the Atlantic, by means of the evidence of Admiralty charts and 
soundings showing the continuations of the courses of old river- 
channels now submerged. He referred to the evidence of the 
elements in the fauna and flora of Ireland which have a Lusitanian 
* A photograph of this animal taken in situ is given in the Geological 
Magazine , August, 1903, p. 361, together with an account of its transfer 
to the St. Petersburg Museum by Dr. Herz from the banks of the 
Beresowka. 
