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all the facts, I should not only have hesitated but refrained 
from assigning the bone to any particular species of bear.” 
The evidence of the jaws and teeth proves that the bear of 
Windy Knoll is not the cave, but the great fossil grizzly 
bear ( U. ferox fossilise JJ. prisms), as may be seen by a 
reference to the Quart. Geol. Journ., Lond. 1875, pp. 251-2. 
It is unnecessary to go into further details. 
“ The Eucalyptus near Rome,” by Dr. R. Angus Smith, 
F.R.S., Y.P. 
A few years ago I wrote to a friend in Italy, suggesting 
that, as he had leisure, he might try the value of the 
Eucalyptus in that country for the removal of those con- 
ditions which engender malaria. His reply was somewhat 
to the effect that every one was aware of the value of the 
tree, and everywhere trials were being made, so that there 
was no use in his doing what everybody was doing. This 
was very cheerful, showing how rapidly the Italians had 
risen up to a full appreciation of new ideas. This winter I 
went to Rome with a desire to learn on the spot something 
of the conditions of the ground complained of, and receive 
some knowledge from the learned men of the place, as well 
as from any books which may not be well known here. I 
certainly did not obtain any confirmation of the opinion 
that every one was attending to the subject. I saw men in 
scientific and social positions, in which one might expect 
to find the fullest knowledge of the subject, and I came to 
the conclusion that it had excited very little interest in 
Rome or the neighbouring country. 
One small experiment, however, was spoken of, and 
several knew of it, although I met few who had seen it. 
It was made at the Church of St. Paolo alle Tre Fontane 
(usually called Tre Fontane), three or four miles from 
Rome, and as this is the only place I have seen from which 
to derive a lesson, I must be excused taking such a small 
