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Phonography is now used — 
By clergymen, who read their sermons from its legible characters; — B y physicians, who 
use it for their diaries, etc., where exactitude is often life to their patients;— By lawyers, 
who find it of immense professional advantage in preparing their briefs, etc.; — By 
public writers, who, by its use, are enabled to secure the “evanescent sparks of genius, 
ere they fade and disappear;’’ — By students, for taking notes of lectures and for making 
extracts; — By reporters, among whom Pitman’s shorthand takes the lead, both in this 
country and in America; — -By merchants, by clerks, for writing from dictation, and by 
“all sorts and conditions of men” whose avocations in life call them to “drive a quill.” — 
By going through a thoroughly, systematic course of private lessons such as I have 
devised, shorthand may be learnt in twenty lessons. Phono. 48, Str. Mercanti, Valletta. 
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A Monthly Journal of Natural Science. Subscription 5/- per annum. 
Contents-July. 
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1 The recent discovery of skeletons in the caves at 
Mentone -G. H. Bryan, M.A. 2u3 
2 The Phosphate Beds of the Maltese Islands and 
their possibilities— J. II. Cooke. 205 
3 Changing Climate. 210 
i The Hope of France. 210 
5 Prehistoric Man in Italy; 210 
6 The Fathomed Depths of Ocean. 211 
7 The Relationship of the structure of Rocks to the 
Conditions of their ormations — HI 11 Johnston 
Lavis, M.D., F.G.S., et<$ 211 
8 The Great African Cataract. 213 
9 The Tunny Fishery in Sicily and Sardinia; 211 
10 The Vine disease in Sicily— H. Twelves. 215 
11 Notes and News :— Vesuvius active— Sunflower oil 
Onr Globe— A remarkable custom— Flora of 
Elba- Habits of Hermit Crabs — Vine disease in 
Sicily and Greece— Flora of the Mediterranean— 
Prehistoric Man — Ants and Agriculture— A Me- 
diterranean Survey - Monkey Language - The 
Mosquito, etc. etc. 210 
Contenfcs-Aiigusfc. 
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1 Eruption of Etna, July 1892— J. H. Cooke. 219 
2 The Sponges of Tripoli. 221 
3 Tim Meadow of Nvsa in Asia Minor— Capt. R. 
' Moore, R.N. 221 
i An Ancient Birdland. 223 
5 Geology of the Nile Valley. 221 
0 The Relationship of the Structure of Rocks to the 
conditions of their formation— H. J. Johnston 
La vis, M.D., B.Sc. F.G.S., etc, 221 
7 Tools of the Pyramid-Builders. 226 
8 Maltese Caecilianellse — A. Caruana Gatto. 226 
9 The Sahara. 228 
10 A Year’s Insect Hunting at Gibraltar— J. J. Walker. 
R.X., F.K.S. 228 
11 The Serpents and Chclonians of Italy — Prot . Lorenzo 
Canierano. 230 
12 The 1 tepths of the Mediterranean and Black Sea — 
R. Bcynon, F.R.G.S. 231 
13 Notes ain: Ncirs :— Peronospora Commission in Mal- 
ta— Earthquake in Malta— Liquid air- Albino 
animals -Ages of trees— Organs of the throat — 
Speed of fishes— Bed of the Atlantic — The Spar- 
row, a foe— Mortality from snake-kites— A coal- 
burning period— Level of European Seas, etc. etc. 232 
11 Notices to Correspondeuts, and Exchange column. 231 
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