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Abstract

THE work of the French Association, which, as we have already announced, metts at Bordeaux from the 5th to the 13th September, comprehends—1st, At least two general meetings; 2nd, Meetings of divisions and lectures; 3rd, Scientific excursions; 4th, Public lectures. Of the last there will be four, the first of which was to have been by the late lamented M. Delaunay, on “The Constitution of the Sun;” his place will probably be filled by M. Comu. The second public lecture is to be by M. Broca on “The Troglodytes of Les Eysies;” the third by M. Levasseur on “Commercial Geography;” and the fourth by Lieutenant F. Garnier, on “The Voyage, of the Cambodge and the Political and Commercial rôle of France in the extreme East.” There are to be seven excursions in all, one to the mouth of the Gironde for the purpose of observing the changes in the coast-line; another to the pre-historic remains and bone caverns of Les Eysies; the sixth is to Medoc for the purpose of visiting the great vineyards of Château-Margot and Château-Montrose.