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ns that Of men. In theao anthropoids also, juss
~ 10 the aDc.nan, tho hair on the back Of The
head Is usually dfatlnouishcd BY its length, and
Tic males often have much hoard and Hhlskcr.
The breast Ia lcse hfrsutc than re nut unfre
quently tcc It IN .ntn Of the 1ndo-Uermanfc
nr semitfc race. Prof. fIaeekel cites from
Darwin q curious evidence Of inheritance
from tho anthropoid apes In tic direc-
tlon, otherwise tncxpIhablc. In which the rt,dt.
mcnsary hatrs lfs on cur arms. Both on The
upper and on tho lower arms the hairs ara d.
rectcd toward the elbow, wlscre they meet At an
obtuso ANGLE. Except III men, tbfs striking AZ
range,nent occurs onlv In tho anthropoid apes,
viz;: the GorlllE chin banEee. ournnE, and icv-
era! species Of gibbons. In all other mammals
tho hairs Of the lover and the upper arn are
directed cousecutiYrly toward tho hand. This
rstnarkahfc peculiarly Of The anthropofds and
TIC ape-inan can only DO explained on the as
sumption tint our common Apo-ancestors were
accustomed during rain, as apes frc cvon NOW,
to bring their haiHls toReshcr over their heads
OF over q snperpendcnt branch. The feverse dl.
rcctiDn OF the hairs ws,cn the arms werc In this
position eauacd the rain to run off.
, 1879-06-21


PhytoRenY. From the German Of Ernst Haecklo,
r5ofessof n tho un!Ycrsty Of Jena: Two volumes.
d Co. IS.
PnAc71oAt DoAr-aaftrxn: A concise and simpIn
a:i sIssttso IN the management Of small bouts and
nautical tcrms. by Douglas Trazar. Uoston:
Leo d 8hepanf. 32mo. Cloth. 81.
Aopnn. CaHoxA1,cs. wtrn Arrt.cArIoss 70 Anr
AND 1knrsTHr. (IntSen8tlonal Scientific Ferries,
No. 2o.> ~ Ogden N. Rood, Professor Of Physics
h Columbia College. With lao original ilIuatra.
t.ons. New York: D. Appleton b 20. 12nu.
Tns Rousp Tntr sr War or PAxAxA. THROUGH
CALIFORNIA, onEaoN. NEVADA. UrAn, IpAIio. And
CoIoAafo, With notes on railroads. commerce.
1ohn Goldman. svo: Nav York: @. P. Putnan's
;, HAnrER's lAt1-tiouR szn.ks Tho English
Engl'at !1nmorl.ts. sa il, ty W. Il. Thaeketay. ~
,.nss n;eSn:" - ga.1 " Le,d Ase.ul,y L..iionl
cents each. Now York: Harper Il Dsoss
, 1879-06-21
SPARKS OF SCIENCE,

The agricultural ant Of Amertcs, writes the
Rev. Fl. G. McCook, IN the Proceedings Of the
Academy OF Natural Sciences Of Philadelphia, =,
h ont Of the nastest and tdtcst Of creatures in
her personal habits. Out Of the numbers be had
imprisoned for observation he never saw ons re-
main long In IN unt!dy state. Wien, after
aome very active work IN digging, little psrtt-
clcs of earth Wonld adheru to their bodies, these
wtre at oncs most carefully removed. The
whole body. too, is most thoroughly and fro.
qucntiy cleaned, duty which Is habituslly at
tended to after eating md after sleep. In this
duty these ants now aud thea asslst ono au-
other, and whom general "washlng up" ia in
progress IL il An exceedingly Interesting
sight. The ant to whom the friendly
Office - being Administered tho cleansed, shc
may be called) ts leaning over upon one side as
We begin the observation. The cleanser, IS the
the fore 1eg, which Is The first which ID licked,
The cleanscr's mouth passing steadily from it up
to tho body, then over tile neck, then the head,
the ifttla Jaws TN andio1ea) being at this staae
tlon; from the face the operation passes to tho
body, along ono aide, each leg being attended
70 In succession; theu to the other aide us,d tho
other set OF lega All this nhlfe the creature
lsfact!on, and in this resembles a family dog
when one Is scratching the back OF his neck; she
rolls gently over on her aide, sometimes quito
over on her back, md presents altogether
= picture Of ease. The pleasure which these
creatures take IN being thus "combedn and
"sponged" IL really enjoyable to the observer.
BeTcrat times an ant wanting to be cleaned was
seen 10 approach aconrads, kucel down before
It, and. thruBtlng forward Its head, then drop
down snd lie there motlonlcss, expressing Is
plninlY - sign language could bar desire to be
attended to. The ants, When engaged in
CLEANSING their own bodies, have various modes
Of operating. The fore legB are drawn between
The mandlbles, and also apparently through the
lips, aud then are passed. alternately to the
back al the heal aud over and down The fore
hesl and faee by motion which closely re-
senbsas that OF cat when cleansing with her
paw the corresponding part Of her head.
waEds following thus the direction Of
attitude which the ants assume when cleansing
their bodies. The hiod !ees are thrown back
wards aud well extecded, the middle pair stand
nearly stratght out, 20 Tint tho body assumes
almost On erect position; the tail is then turned
uuder the body and upwards towards the head,
which Is at tic same time bent over and down
Ward. The body thus forms letter G. The
fore feet now begin the operation, during which
they ara constantly put Into the mouth, from
which moisture Is conveyed, THUS giving glossy
appearance to the body. It Is possfble that
these ants do not devote 10 much time to their
toilets wheu In state Of nature; 1t IL probAblc
that. ~ With men, M artificial condition Of So
clety gives an fnducement to somewhat larger
devotion TO their pstsoual appearance.
, 1879-06-21

ffhHc14C0 fAFOH{E{et 1HH6 IL.
The officers Of tho Federal TreaeurY sent hero
to eramiuc the accounts Of the Central Pacific
Railroad Company, and determine lta indebted
NESS to tho Government, tlnd they hafe no taay
tusk. Tile question they arc endesyoring to
soIve is tlis amount Of net earnings upoa tlls
main line betwcen this city nnl Ogden. which
xas constructed from thu snbsily vutel by Con-
gress. by tho acts Oh which t!lat subady waa
earnings s.aall be paid Into the Treasury, anA
tl,at when tic net eaFulnEs amount to H. per
cent, the Government shall havo thu power to
regulate the charges for tln transportation Of
ration tl.an tue Central pacitlc tho presumption
would obtain tllat having entered into such an
obligation It would keep ttB accounts and the
records ot It's receipts and disbursements in such
difficulty, learn what, II anything, Was duo 70
1t; but this Company, t-uc to Its greedy mud dis
honorable lnstincta, hRve 80 ooac!tted ,anu eon-
fused their books that !. 10 = work OF immense
labor, II not !nlpossible to arrive at correct ro
It was the manifest duty OF tho Company to
keep record OF tue receipts anA dsbuEaemsnts
Of that pottun Ut tho road 10 which the Gov
crument Is interested distinct and separate
from everything else, aua that they l1avo not
uone 81 ID but auother evidence Ut their pgt-
sistcnt bad faith 4nd ingratitulo towards theft
greut benctactor, that, with SUCH mistaken gen.
erositY, 50 llbcrAlly undeMud them.
But the officers uf ehe Treasury, charged With
the duty Of compelling thcsv corporate consptr-
ators to account, should SEQ 70 II TINT they 10
not thrart TIC |aw or eyaas u, he = y payment Of
Experts ran 10 found of sufficient ability to
upfayel nil their crooked computations and to
state tbs aecouut elultab]y, 10 that the Goyrrn-
viii viii tne M BOOK. @ aud records ct thst f1neh u
this CORPORATION known ~ the Contract aud
Finnnes Company, tie proof has beeA DESTROYED,
iileu tho Treasury Department will b. justified
Ia making ali approximate eatitnato ot the
m 0t tho H1tuftiN& IN Eb5rh thH f{nYRFYtv
, 1879-06-21
HENRY JAM ES, JIl
Ns.a EAuL SHf-S..


Very little Is known Of Henry James, Jr.'s,
antceedcuts and personality, although his fans
as q novelist is widespread and continually grow
Ing. both abroad md at home. BomcbodY we'll
acquainted with him and his family says that he
ID tic grandson OF William James, Of Albany,
this State, a bcotch-1rsbman, who came 10 this
country pcuniiess after reaching bis legal
majority. and acquired great wealth. The
Erand.patcroal James Hat we'll connected In
Europe, and had beeu fairly educated with u
yaw Of entering the Presbvtersn mlntstry. He
preferred, It seems, secular to clercni career,
and crossed The oetau With the hops Of mskluga
fortune. Ho began IN Albany at the lowest
ruug Of the 1adder, taking position rs porter In
mercantile establishment. By energy, thrift,
md intelligence be advanced rapidly, aud ia
few years w&s in independent circumstances.
Among other enterprises. he took an active part
ia fursllcrlng tho Salt Work. 1T Syracuse, and
50 generally prospeFed that when ho died be left
bic estate to oedtvlledamnpg eleven children.
One OF bis SONS was the ,hse Rev. t!lian, James,
Presbyterian Of the straItest orthodoxy and
many harmless idtosyncrasics. Ono OF bis
dent Scetye, Of Amherst; another the wife OF
sou Of Martin Van Burcn, aud still
other daughters. married Nsv-Euglenders
Of more OF less note. Henry James,
bias toward literature, md cherished tndo
peudent Views ou Ill suhiec.s. Hc embraced
the doctrines Of Swedeaborg, without Joining
the Swsdcnborgian Church, and went abroad
aoendtng cars there, and forming friendship
with humber OF scholars alld thinkers, Thomas
Carlyle among the rett. lie Is iL,e 1utnor Of
s.Mosaltsm and Chsistiautty," " Christianity,
the Logic OF Creation," the "sccrct OF Sweden
borp,n and other works, displaying profound
observation aud original thought. no married
Miss Welsh, Of New York, woman Of nnr
mind and sterling character. Ther hnd FIVE
children, one daughter, Alice, who hAs uaueh
culture, and IL we'll known Ia Boston
iiterary circles; William James, = ripc
scholar, Professor Of Physiology ut Harvard;
Wilkinson James, who WAS ghllsnt Union sol.
dior, nnd wounded in Col. Robert @. Shaw's
regiment. a. Fort Wagner; third brother re.
siding at Milwaukee, Wis. and the author Of
"Dafsy Miller" nnd "Roderick Huabon," whp
was born here, and IL now 30 The novelist
went ~ a small boy to Germany With his par
enta, and was partially educated in that coun-
try. In bis teens he returned 10 bis native land
With his father and mother, rasldsd 1t New.
port, X l.. for while. visited Europe several
times, and On coming back went to Cambridge,
Mass, where the elder James, aged GS, now
lives. Hels again In Europe,-hss pro scot abode
being IN Loudon,-and likely to remain there
fos years. He Is q bachelos, decided blonde,
inclined to stoutpess, very precise in manners,
quite sclf-apprec!atiyc, and one Of the most pro-
llfc aud brilliant writer's Of bis time
, 1879-06-21
JAPANESE MAPS.


Mr. N Mcleod, Of Yokohama, has Just pub
lished two maps Of considerable interest,-the
one tourists and general map and ehart Of
Japan, and tho other map OF Cotea,-boih OF
which arc engraved BY Japanese artists Tic
former has been complied from the best native
map.. and from data which Mr. Mcleod has
personally obtained III Ills travels durlug tho
pa4t ten years. The map uf corca has been
complied from Chinese md Japanese maps, the
coast-ltne being illled In from English and
French Admiralty charts. 1t may not be cut OF
place to mention that the Japanese are e1-
tremely accurate surveyors, nsli it hsa been
found thut the coast-Iino Of their lslunds A. laid
down By themselves corresponds to nlccLy
with the most recent surveys by Engllsh naval
officers.
ANCIENT MILK ADULTERAT1ON.
There is nothing new under the sun, not even
IN the tricks Of The mllkman. Mr.. Edward
Marshall records In Notes a.d Queries an early
mention Of the adulteratlou OF milk with plaster
OF Pnrls. St. 1rcunus, A. D. s14o-t77, has
the following: "As WIS satd by Ono above us
concerning ill who In my way depraye, tho
thugs ot God and adutcrate tho truth, 1T IL
cv1l mlngll,E eYrsun Tor plustcr] III milk tiaets
Gypsnns mite tnlsettur)." 1t. rctcr has also
been supposed to refer to simllnr practice tn
speaking ot the "sincere y milk Of the Word.
, 1879-06-21

sxA AND suonx. A collection Of poems. Third
| Edition. limo. Boston; Roberts Dros. 2a9
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, 1879-06-21
The Counte44 of Lonas4&le,

It's stated tint tho Countess Of Lousdalo's
photograph fou the sals OF which It il Ereely re-
poFtea tlst she has received q soyaltyj has ut
1ength been Withdrawn from London ahop vim
stance Of her brother, Lord Pembroke, who t1-
fused to attend tho Wedding, 2nd to whom the
don9s ol lce husband aud hsEaslf have bean
matter for unnitGatod dlsgu4t-
, 1879-06-21

In consequences Of the excavations which have
been msklng In the Colosseum At Rome, watos
Ass collected In 1t very RAPIDLY, aud has had 10
bs pumped out It III expense ~ great that, Ia
1875, tho Government decided that pumping
muat b. discontinued; aimee thea tho wator has
collected. aud, belng staguant, ha add
od materially 10 tta uuLcxlthicsa OF
, 1879-06-21
THEopunAsTus SUCH,

t.a..,., 11to+,, ,,ar, ha,l- ..bt.h T., .u..,n..s
as probably tho last iron ler pols, Is a, sollec-
tton Of short essays, The subjects are various,
but ali. aro included In tho wide domain Of
manners. Hero, II anywhere, deorge Eliot isat
nome, Iu tl.c study Of manners satsrs finds
that In George Eliot tic sut'rlcsl fuculty is
highly developed. These essays aro lo tic y vein
arc, Indeed, 10 characteristic oi her uovel.wrlt-
NY tnas W. es"hot asoiu 'uc suspicion thas Lucy
were designed for use ~ some grcat work now
lheopnfaatus oach 10 "a voice anu nothlnE
mora" His name is the most imposing part Of
n"s. ISL .,.,.,s. 49, -,"...'.s4 ..a.'a,@. Nv
oook' representing tno eVcs'aas'ng eonalct bo-
t"ccn LUG couHohplace aha u'e masnlll-
cent cent, tho actual and The ideal. 1le's
~ Thnouhrostna sur, !, TT thou oro .3cht1v
W Ineop"'a'tus Ss. sue" .y t"Iy aia !H.".y
ucsCt1oeo' u'sJ aso oAHc"'e5 etsa1ao'o
70 hlta, indicating hngr sohso on his part tA4n
scoEn OF hypocrisy, under which general title l,o
ranks such secondary vjccs as pedansry. obscqut-
otlsness, aaectation, mud literary dishonesty.
Ia tue essay called "tonklilE bacRward," we
am contented that my father was country
SW md Wors@ort @ eestain eusi%s Sia!
an living was saycd out Of l,to Gefots tie pvfIod
Of commutaton. and without Tug proys'ona. trans.
safred 10 ms wasn s' haya. g. deea taklnx ~
tsas.'s Yoas + ys% L. wss S's,k:,as
&c. w sH the Unwilling ts" tepsssanta @ sna
~ g ,prltssl saxsatsges not oherSl.y askuos.
ttnth IL tiacng conpouna ntorost baeswald ] 4 and
, 1879-06-21
LITERARY NOTES.


In England the first edition of 5000 copies Of
George Eltol's new work Has soId before the
book was out. Oae circulating library alone
took zoo copies Of 1t,
Dr.. Holland, In the July Sertbner, will have
something to say Of thu art Of engraving On
wool, apropos, Il Is understood, Of Nj. Lintoa's
recent article in the Asfanfic.
!, Mesars. Macmillan & Co. Will shortly publish
a volume on "Frooch Parties," by the late Mr..
Jasnes Mactionell, The his. Of which was fortu.~
nhtey left by hlm In conplets state.
Messrs Scrtbncr 4; .Co.'e recent issue Of
"8p!rituai Sougsf By DR.. Charles 8. Robinson,
mud "Galyar{ Selection OF Spiritual 8onga"
flor Baptist chutchcs) by Dr.. Robinson aud the
at very moderate prices. met With universal
comu,endation from the critics. Ard now Genes
the announcement that the plates aud copyrights
Of "SonRs for tho Sanctuary" anA Ill Dr. Rob.
inson's other works, have been purchased BY
this house from A. 8. Barnes s. Co.
The wicked Inge1soll litesatuse ID having eou-
siderable sale. The Peoria Cal, In noticing tho
publishing business Of J. ". Franks & Sons Of
Ingersoll's "uods."' twenty.ffth edition Of
lion OF 1000. This hrm will i4sue Col. Inecr-
soils now book ln few days. The titlc.pa9n
Will read as follows: "The Religion OF Sword
and Fiumo. Let us give our attention to this
WO(Iut LAhllk uclL4EG tAQuEHk VI 41AFGu+ UQr
OF l1oll, knowing That sufficient, not only unto
each day, but unto each world, are tho good
and evil thsleof. By Robert G. lnCersoll.n
A corrcsrondent Of Noles and QHeres wsatcs
as follows: It may not Be out Of place to re-
mark that Wordsworth realized bis ideal OF plain
living and high thinking in his own life. Mr..
Emerson, who twice Visited him, saya TINT Mas
htarttueau praised the poet not for hls poesry,
but for thrift aud economy; for having afforded
to h!s country neiehbors an example Of mod
secured without any display. Shs said that, in
Ills early housekeeping at tho cottage where
hp frat lived, hu was accustomed 70 offer hts
friends bread ind platncst faro; II they wanted
anything, more they must pay h!m for their
replied tllat Il ey!need English pluck more
than any anecdote ! knew. A gentleman In
the netghhorhood told the story 81 Walter
8cott'a staying once for week with Words
worth, and slipping out every day, under pre-
touse Of walk, To lhc Swan Inn, tor cold cut
and porter; aud one day passtnt with Worlds
worth tho Inn, ho was betrayed BY the landlords
asksng him Il he had como for bis porte7."
, 1879-06-21


scrtbo hia heart. It says Of any satirfst 40 de-
scrlbed that ho has niyon hnaolt up 10 satire,
not because things have been evil, but because
he hfnsolf has been evil. Hamlot Is sltfrlst
whereas Thcrs'tcs Is cynlc. II Tl.aclsetAy bo
Judged nitcr this fashion, tho worl In as inap.
proptato TO the writer us to the man." There
1t ts In nutsholl-Hamlct and Thcrsites; tho
scourgcr Of vice, and tho scotlcr At virtue. Did
Thackeray ever ancer Al innocence or love1
Think Of Amelia, OF Dobbtn, OF Col. Newcomc,
OF Laura We'll did George Brimley, In his cs-
say Oh Esmond, say Of the great hhtcr OF hum
bug: "He could not haye painted Vanity Fair
"a to hns, unless Eden had been shining
brightly In hts Inner cyes.n il may he wcl1 10
mention hero TINT. bes,des prlmtcv, t)r. ,Iobn
brown, tho author OF "Aab and llta
Friends" Daylrd Taylor, In tho Atlantic,
nni Ceorro ftunt. III JMyptr,s, bayo
written on Thackcrav. md vr,ttnn wall.
t1.of,,, ,on /. strSn # a.o,as,,,;. Az :. .rh.cr.
cray and Dickens" Aair. Tfo'lope thinks tl.at
the word fancy describes exactly the nitt with
which Thacteray's bra'a ra. specially endowed.
TIL. EXPLAINS tue flns aualt, Of his realism:
s not be- t. 70 but o'n.' so T., removed from truth
az to auit thc erroneous Idea of truth which tho
reader mav be supposed to cntcrtatu." That is
saas' u."1 =. .s.;.. ~ 100, .,,o .a.te
70 say, the Ht.seF huAt u'a"e w. ~ I.'' 'e*u
er's ideal. Tnackcray's realism not
that OF the stage manager who sup
Mica rcn1 dirt to be ttloycled out Of Qphe1Iota
efAset nns s.o ~. .,.,,N ..,,s.a 49,, ~, aa.n -.
something when, Whlle VlVla ana tesl 70 US, 10
still not ssenograohlc account Of tho common.
a.s, rah,n ~ n.ckerav @ - nrohr ,esn ,n,o ,ho hnman
t~.. '' , .ta.s ~ ~ so,-at .',s.nr. ~ -
Aea1t Ahu sno"b uS te scstet spF'usn' tio 10
, 1879-06-21
EGYPTIAN LOCKS.

An English journal remarks: "Up to tho
latter half Of the laat century we lad not
reached to the excellence OF the locks that wero
in use in Egypt and China Thousands Of rcara
ueo, aud have not for a very long period run in
the line Of rcl'scovery or reapplication OF what
had been tested 10 long ago IL them. The cs-
sentlal principle OF the Egyptian locks was
entity, bv It's OWN weight, lnto the bolt, nr,d Sc
curing It On being touched a. the right bT cor
responding plns 1t the end Of the true ker; all
OF them requiring to tc rafscd together 10 the
proper hight. Tile very latcst Ideas IN lock-
making may bo regarded as suggestions Or opplt.
cations OF that prtncip1c.h
, 1879-06-21
THE CHICAGO PAGES

-
GEtE Ct1lCAAO IRkBUVE
.=.==
times tod Of sueb ,,aienccnt Ring, t,,at thsy werc
religious. va arrive nj lid curious result That tho
m",,o nns.a aoss ,a o. sn n" ,,s
ii thesa consist in not kcunine ,ni.;ro.sos (at.d
peffapa not drinking too nucal. ami tho o!hsr II
xych can L. e., n. 1s ~ ~ liz:
viii, the basoas condnct towar1I men. Not
ior ono moment would ono willingly loso elel,t nf
primary ttrs nf timehn arc thm ~ dsepstt rno,s o;
human weis.bein7, bit 10 make tHe,n by them.
solves the equivalent o9 morality Z verosily 10 cut
on t!'t thannels nf ttcllnR ihfonRh which lasy at
,no teeaefa re- g. that H., r,cn re-
Iinnii1n ~ ~" nynii ntaton Y liz niiorinn fo ,nra
ria XIX fosf hGiT f6sr facufss H. sant htTh anI
nsrilout cots,na,,d ,phieh Sw ron n fhsir ii0s Of
gsorae Elliot shows no loss of poucr IN these
cssnr. ,rI1pv hnve tt,n sar,r ,aor IN, .i,.', ~
her earlier works They nxbIbIt nors niafniy
even ti,an her novels tllat wonticrfui t6atculInu
otier won,vu mho t.vrr ~" wratr' IT, w. ca1, only
tcss
pended at soma iit,,rc tI,ne in a larger work
fNsy YORK: Hsrner 4 i,rns' sfM'1 "'' 0'
- ..9s.
F1par mr. ove an rr,r or,,,r. w.,
u. 49,. W. n,'.x ~ 4nE s,'o c!sln W.T. w.t.
Ing over sope fifteen years. lie began writing
iptters from Wssl,lnctop to tho Dostop Courier
md port1ond xdn.rff..,. I, January ran
49,, .'.ss.s%.s 49,, ~ w
anu anu soesssaeu 70 a.. me.. III .aean .'as ,e se
tho same work for the NoH York Tribune.
ue vroto for t,1e 7r,bune in IN na,,nv davs.t
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1hcn t'o.@o usee'ey Waa ea'soIla-en1el a.11 r anu
Charles a. Dana managing editor. He Vas
utvsn an ffftorA1 uoeitfOn, which hn h]Hl To tho
, 1879-06-21

Bf7f1sH IfHffal 30UFHnL
Dr.. Z. Hcitzman f. Archives Of Mcdlctnc,''
New York, January, 1870 tells u u.at mar
risgcs should be allowed IN doubtful cascs ou!y
upon the permit Of reliable microscopic.
-" Last season." he says, "a young pbysician
asked me whotser believed In tho marriage
among kindred. He tlad fallen In love with bis
COUSIN and bis cousin. with him. I exam
tned his blood, aud told him that ho
was nervous man. passing slcepcss
ton. Tho similar condition being suspected In
the IadT, marriage was not advised, for fear OF
degenerate offspring. 10 great was ILLS faith in
my assertions that he gave up the 1dea Of mar
ylz., the examination Of her blood. this beau
tifui girl cane TO uiY laboratory, and, much to
nv surprise, found, on examination, her bloud
Of fsFst-elass constitution. Tile next day told
the gentleman, You had better marry her.'"
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the quarter. II wns arranged that
ono Of the sowers which the Municipal
Government Is building should DO given such 4
grade TINT lts bed ut tho point nearest tho
Colosseum should bc below The level OF the in-.
tendcd. excavations, 80 as TO drain then, also.
While artangsng for tho outlet Of this sewer,
the engineer 10 charge thought Tint he could
determine near the Arch Of Constantine which
ono Of the several remaIns Of sewers which his
excavations brought to light. had formally
dra!peti tho Colosseum, ard obtained tho
authorization Of Commentators : Fforclli,
who has charge, Of the excavations,
to explore It. To the surprise Of oil, the
sewer. which was large enough Tor men Ia work
!n upright, proved to be In good sepair, and 10
little choked up tlint to clear 1t wns not coAtIy
work: and, moreover, II turned cut 10 bo tllo
very drain 1t VIA supposed to be, 70 that in a
short time way was opened, and the Colosseum
drained Itself with great rush OF waters. In
tho ssWer rcrc fountt the skeletons Of horses,
dogs. bears. and other Wild beasts, .varfuu,
bronze utcnafls nnd other articles, and the head
Of marble statue Of soma young Ca2as.