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According to Dr. Ihreng (“ Kosmos ") polyda&ylous horses, 
with extra toes on the inner side of the fore feet, are occasionally 
met with in South America. He raises the question whether 
these are not survivals of an old race of Equus which escaped 
the notice of the Spanish settlers ? 
“ Cosmos les Mondes,” which is not the better for the death 
of its former distinguished editor, the Abbe Moigno, describes 
itself as in favour of Evolution, not indeed according to Darwin, 
but to Claude Bernard, — that is, upon a definite plan. 
Mr. C. H. Hitchcock (“ Science ”) gives, on the authority of 
Mr. Leitch, formerly a missionary in Ceylon, a case of a serpent 
about 7 feet long, — name not given, — which, when being killed, 
made a loud noise like the bellowing of a bull two years old. 
A “ prayer meeting ” in defence of the vested rights of syphilis 
has lately been held in Exeter Hall. 
M. Sivodot has been eleaed a “ Correspondent ” of the French 
Academy of Sciences in place of the late C. Darwin . 
The forests of the United States are composed of 412 species 
of trees, assignable to 158 genera; 48 of the genera and 60 ot 
the species are peculiar to Florida. 
Herr Von Gossler, the German Minister for Education, has 
issued a series of regulations for experiments upon living ani- 
mals These regulations are infinitely wiser than our British 
Anti-Viviseaion Aa, but they may be pronounced weak in con- 
ceding anything to the Bestiarians. The worst point is that 
experiments on animals can be conduaed only by professors and 
colleg e-docenten, thus shutting out private biologists. 
it Li°-ht ” considers that the witches put to death two centu- 
ries ago were in many cases mediums of mischievous human 
spirits. 
<< Light” is seemingly not well pleased with our question, anent 
the Premier’s visit to Mr. Eglinton, whether Spiritualism would 
take up a political charaaer ? We submit that it is nothing new 
for party-leaders to bid for the good will of any body of men 
which is gaining influence. We should be sorry to see Spirit- 
ualism follow the example of Positivism, Secularism, &c., by 
associating itself with any political party. 
<( ^ crhost ” may possibly be a four-dimensional being, but, if 
we admit the existence of four-dimensional space, we may ask 
whether there may not be material beings who exist and aa in 
such space ? 
Mr. T. B. Comstock (“ Science ”) seems to include the grizzly 
bear among the animals to be preserved in the Yellowstone 
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