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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 505, 12 May 1909, Page 8

"A cause that makes Herculaneum unique among archaeological sitei is-the singularly preservative quality of the mud that flowed through the streets aad into tho innermost recesses of the houses and other buildings," says the "Dial." ' "This mass of mud.became a kind of matrix, covering and preserving tho forms it enveloped. The bronzes in the Naples Museum that have como from Herculaneum show a most delicate surface patina; glass is not melted, marble is not calcined, even manuscripts are. not damaged beyond the possibility of restoration." Lord Minto, the Viceroy of India, attended the University Convocation at Calcutta, and was guarded by tho most elaborate police escort on. record. The bazaars and streets in the vicinity of tho University Senate House were in the hands of hundreds of European and Indian polico, including, an armed foroo. The Sonate House and its galleries and furniture were searched before Ix>rd Minto's entry. These precautions are declared to bo tho result of an anonymous letter. : A mummified duck, estimated to bo 3,000,000 years old, has .been found in a sandstone stratum in Wyoming. It has been secured for the American Museum of Natural History. The local poulterers were evidently, caught napping.—"Punch."