IV. ARCHAEOLOGY.--An Assyrian Bass-Relief 2,700 years old

V. NATURAL HISTORY.-The Flight of the Buzzard.--By R.A.
PROCTOR

VI. BOTANY, ETC.--Convallaria.--A stemless perennial.--By OTTO
A. WALL, M.D.--Several figures

VII. MEDICINE, HYGIENE, ETC.--Gaiffe's New Medical
Galvanometer.--1 figure

The Suspension of Life in Plants and Animals

VIII. MISCELLANEOUS.--Composite Portraits.--6 illustrations
Hand-Craft and Rede-Craft.--A plea for the first
named.--By D.G. GILMAN

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FOUNDATIONS IN QUICKSAND.


Foundations in quicksand often have to be built in places where least
expected, and sometimes the writer has been able to conveniently
span the vein with an arch and avoid trouble; but where it cannot be
conveniently arched over, it will be necessary to sheath pile for a
trench and lay in broad sections of concrete until the space is crossed,