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 truncatail, and with sMlrcues, like the pjramld it- self. A» to the material o( which the Ifttler was con- ttnict^, Mr. Bandelier arrives at the conclnsions at A. v. HnmboLU ami his succesiors; i.e., that it was built ol large aun-dried adobes. Biinit lima Tor coat- ing or for mortar, Mr. Bandelier discovers, was never ■employed by the Indians ; pulverized liraestone being prapared for the purpose. No shaft has as yet been sunk in order to ascertain whether the interior of the pyramid is of the same material as the exterior. or whether the structure was made arnund a natural mound, or whether it is hollow, and possibly contains sotne sepulchral vault of hUtorlc lm|)ortance. Ac- cording to tt;ld!tion, the platform was crowned with a

��of the poBitl?e opinion, that if in plan, as well as in execution, he had met in Mexico's architecture any traces pointing either to an intltnatc or only to a re- mole historic connection with the window-houses of the Indians of the north, he would ha»e exulted over such discovery, and have expounded its adaptation to a certain theory that wot advanced by the late Lewis H. Morgan, whom Mr. Bandelier looks up to as to a beloved t«acher and friend. Not to have yielded to the temptations of a pre-occupicd mind is a merit which deserves full and fair acknowledgment. It shows the faithfulness of Mr. Bandeller's ol)servatlou and the conscientiousness which he brought to bear on the fulfilment of bis scientific task.

���temple, in which QuetzalcoliuaCi, the god of air, was worshipped. The current opinions about this niy«- ■erioDS being ore learnedly discussed.

From Choinla the traveller directs his steps south- want, and visits the valleys of Oaxaca, the famous ruins of Monte .Mban, XtgH. Mitla, and others'. Vivid description is given of all of them, copious and careful measurements secured, and sketches as well as illustrations presented, of hitherto unobserved

Did Mr. Bandelier, as we presume, set forth on his exploring tour Inspired by the hope of detecting in the architectural remains of Mexico proper such ele- ments as would tend lo prove these remains to repre- sent some final stage of tectonic development, of which the initial stage must be sought in what he otllt the ' tenement houses' of the sedentary Indians in New Mexico, he most tiave fett somewhat disap- Inted with the result of bis investigation. We are

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��THR ARGENTINE ZONE CATALOGUE.

The work for which Dr. Gould went to South America fourteen years ago, as astronomer to the Ar- gentine Republic, is at last completed, and both the zone-lists and the star-catalogue compiled from them are published. It is not for us in a non-technical journat to discuss the purely astronomical value and accuracy of such a work, but rather, in announcing it, to recall to the contemporaries of this eminent astronomer, and bring to the attention of the younger men, — whohave. ereuduriiigthe long progress of the work, attained an age at which they may appreciate it, — this monument of patient determination, executed under trials that might well be termed privation, exile, and aOliction. During the disheartening delays in constructing the observatory and mounting the instruments, the 'Uranometria argentina,' a worthy

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