[3] Professor Russell, in discussing the flood-plain deposits of the Yukon about the mouth of the Porcupine River, says that "fresh-water shells were frequently observed in the finer deposits." Unfortunately, no statement is made of the types which they represent.
[4] Since writing the above intelligence has been received of the location of a rich pay streak on Gay Gulch.
[5] Note.—We are indebted to the courtesy of the Electrical World and Engineer for cuts showing the Horry furnace.
[6] Note.—We are indebted to the courtesy of the Progressive Age for cuts showing types of generators.
[7] Manuel de l'amateur des jardins.
[8] The Romaka Siddânta employs, as a measure of time, the Guga of 2,850 years or 1,040,953 days, giving a tropical year of 365 days, 5 hours, 55 minutes, and 12 seconds, which is exactly the figure proposed by Ptolemy and Hipparchus.—Burgess, Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society.
[9] The term Romakapouri does not necessarily imply the city of Rome; the name was probably extended to Alexandria and perhaps also to Byzantium. In other writings we find the name Gavanapouri, the city of the Greeks (or Ionians), applied to Alexandria.
[10] Till then, the Hindus hardly seem to have sought for a common measure of time except for astronomical or mythological purposes.
[11] M. Sylvain Levi has, however, lately reopened the question of the initial date of this era.
[12] The Lesson of Popular Government. By Gamaliel Bradford. New York: The Macmillan Company. Two volumes. Pp. 520 and 590. Price, $4.