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during this same interval nine storms were announced from 
America as “ threatening the British, French, and Norwegian 
coasts.” He quotes from Prof. Loomis an amusing instance of 
a storm-centre which started from a spot to the south of Green- 
land, and moved for some days in a regular course eastwards ; 
then turned back, and after a fortnight was not far from the 
point where it arose ; then taking a fresh start eastwards, it 
finally reached the coast of Norway. 
M. A. Leipner, F.Z.S., the able and zealous Secretary of the 
Society, communicates “ A Naturalist’s Ramble in Guernsey.” 
He regrets the absence of a local Naturalists’ Society, which 
would find ample work, especially in Marine Zoology. No fewer 
than sixty-two species of Polyzoa were obtained in one dredging 
expedition of four hours ! The island would be an admirable 
locality for a station like that of Roscoff, and for an aquarium in 
the true sense of the word. 
A passage copied from the “ Beaufort Courier ” (South Africa) 
describes the successful use of ipecacuanha for the bites of 
venomous serments, including the “ puff-adder,” which, we be- 
live, is a Naja akin to the cobra of India. 
Another South-African paper, the “ Frontier Guardian,” gives 
a curious account of a battle between a crow and a serpent of 
the “ ring hals ” species, in which the former was victorious. It 
is stated that about twenty other crows were present as specta- 
tors, taking no part in the struggle, but testifying their pleasure 
at the final success of their companion by loud cawings. 
We must again congratulate the Bristol Naturalists’ Society 
on the work it is doing, and on the character of its “ Pro- 
ceedings.” 
A Manual of Sugar Analysis. Including the Applications in 
General of Analytical Methods to the Sugar Industry ; with 
an Introduction on the Chemistry of Cane-sugar, Dextrose, 
Levulose, and Milk-sugar. By J. H. Tucker, Ph.D. New 
York : D. van Nostrand. 
Considering that we are, nationally, the greatest sugar con- 
sumers in the world, and might be if so disposed — with the single 
exception of Brazil — the greatest sugar-producers also, the little 
attention which has been paid in this country to the chemistry of 
so important a substance is a striking instance of apathy. That 
we should have to derive instruction on such a subjeCt from any 
continental nation would little have been dreamed of by our an- 
cestors in the last century. Everyone knows that beet-root sugar 
