IN the Geographical Section of the French Association some papers of interest were read. Dr. Carret read a curious paper on the Distribution of Antipodes, in which the author indulged in some rather fanciful theorising. Gen. Ricci spoke on the geodetic work carried on by the Italian Government, which is energetically completing the triangulation of Italy, connecting it with the rest of Europe on the one side and Africa on the other. Gen. Ricci also spoke of the regular tidal observations carried on at various stations on the coast of Italy, mainly with a view of getting a true level for geodetic purposes. M. H. Duveyrier read an elaborate paper on the remaining problems in African geography, in which he divided unknown Africa into seven great regions: (1) The Sahara and the Libyan Desert; (2) The country between the Joliba and the Guinea Coast; (3) The upper courses of the Binue and Shari; (4) The region behind Cape Guardafui; (5) The equatorial chain of lofty mountains; (6) The completion of the basins of the Nile, Congo, and Ogove; (7) The basin of the Cunene. Altogether more than 11,000,000 square kilometres remain unexplored, more than one-third of the whole surface of Africa. At the mean rate of discovery since the beginning of the century, this might be covered in about forty-eight years, though the ratio is now so increased that it ought to be done in much less time. A paper by M. Maunoir recounted the services done to geography by France since 1800, and when all put together with the eloquence of a Frenchman, they seem formidable.