, 1877-06-09

l.cf maternal dulles, her two young cubs wcsc
added 10 tho litter Ut Newfoundland dog, Wbo
takes tho moet soltcltous care oi them.
The slabs Of sandstone bearing footpttnts at
extinct pnin1als, wblc. arc found III the Connect.
icut Valley, sometimes contaln oil single
niece tbs impression Of 6avcral different species.
The Museum ot scacaca and Art 10 E4!ulnEts
has lately eonlo into tho pokscsaton oI sl2n
from tho Cornct'ck Quarics, wIrt contains tho
FOOTPRINTS of two specics. tho Cheltchnus aul-
hlepus and the HcrnetEc1,aus sarcr0plcslus.
Mono Of thoee previously found at tho locality
namol bcar the imprint Of moro than one aul-
Mal.
Prof. GucppcEt has announced tho fact that
tho Eusopean lyy. Which by natural haute Il
clluber. attaching itself 10 points Of support ~
means OF aerial rootlcts. viii sometimes put oil
ali vino-llko tetldemcIes, ond asauno tho growth
ot . shrub, with eclt-supPosslhR sten1s' uHr
under sestaIn circumstances, develop fnto .
shrub. Tl.a Chlucsc Wtstata itas a sitnilar
facility for changing its ilahlt,. and Is by tho
gardener transformed from Slnc-llkc plant to
q stocky bnsh or tree.
Dr.. '. Bars. who has made an excursion into
ports to the berlin Geographical Society that
10 l,as found seanty evidences in SUPPORT Of tho
theory that the Sahara WIS ot!ce tue bc1 o. O
SEA Ills researches rather t.lcl!hu lin tg tho
be!ict that tic titna Is worry relaoto wlcn North
tratuI Into tic Valley OF slihcro, wlclo hs
found the pools ucorls1 with rrdeo<liles, and u
sr.uurkal,la growth Of trees aud Of luxurious
vegetation.
Uf. Arthur Mitchell has bern delsyestn4 n
scfIes OF lectures In Ediaburg Oh tho cJiaattiun
and nrt1i,atty Ds thG eaYe-,NAN In Western
Europe. Fr0In o cnrcful mud exhaustive cxal'i-
iuat{0n of the cave-innna, Ds. Mttehcil Aas bseu
lea to the gpiion that Thy antiquity .. sng
yaye-tnau u Westeru Euros'c y ~ le hsasnisa 9.t
By y few thousands and nut " teus % " Ga1- nan-
that tho piacu Of tho cayc-tnan y ln tha Zone
rather than the Stone Agt ol ctSlllxatl1tt, a.
! his wtnpput Of h,ne Ut horn xefn h'Ehiy Aii-
ished, and bis imp!emcut6 OF Etone were cTudc'y
wrought. DR., Mitchell showed. 10 tue eollfso
| Of his lectures, that tle cageman 1nuat hare
possessed = hiel, sapssity iof eultuse, snd hafe
| been ~ complato In hls Whole manhooo a. IL
| tho European OF to-day.
The Imperial s!ussian Geographical eoclety
| has accepted The proposition Of u. Stblrtak0v
! tu undertake at his own cost the exploration Of
lie Nngara Kysr, tn slbeEia. DeapIte It's rap.
| IDS, this stream was al important highway Tor
t1ailic for some yeats alter Its discovery IN lbA8
| II is now scarcelJ uaFlgatcd, except between
! Irkutsk aud DrAtSkvt-Ostrsg, kbuut 300 Nt!ta
tiuwn from Lake naIkal The capacity ot the
rpnlainfnx portion Il now unknown II. elt!rsa'
knv not ouly proposes 10 explore tho hnsara,
Iut oGrers 70 s1smine, iute ths fcHlbllit! q
! {ttng tho River. ket, aud OF uniting the Le!ia
| aud tho AngaFa by calaliz!ng tbs dlin. Should
| this scheulc aInilt OF realization, waterway
can be constructed from the northwestern lron
| tier OF Chln1, by thu balkal Lake. the AuKara
YepcsrL, E.l. OIL, Irtisb, aud Tobol. acros. u
betis, nearly to the boundary Of European Aos
sEa.