The whole of this northern part of Albemarle Island is miserably sterile.

Pinguicula vulgaris.—This plant grows in moist places, generally on mountains.

The collar (called the peristome by Cohn) is evidently formed, like the valve, by an inward projection of the walls of the bladder.

The extreme uniformity of the vegetation is the most remarkable feature in the landscape of the greater part of New South Wales.

I may here mention two very curious sexual peculiarities occurring in seals, because they have been supposed by some writers to affect the voice.

The leaves are entire, instead of being much divided, as in the foregoing aquatic species.

European women are perhaps the brighter coloured of the two sexes, as may be seen when both have been equally exposed.

If any change has thus been effected, it is almost certain that the different races would be differently modified, as each has its own standard of beauty.

The town is of considerable size, and is said to contain 20,000 inhabitants; the streets are very clean and regular

The development of the moral qualities is a more interesting problem.