An's ted, David

THOMAS, F.R.S., an English geologist, born in London about 1814, and educated at Cambridge University. In 1840 he was appointed Profe or of Geology in King's College, London, and afterward travelled widely in America and elsewhere, engaged in geological research. His pnblished works on geology are numerous, including The Ancient World; The Great Stone Book of Nature; The World We Live In, and other popular productions. D. May 20, 1880. An tan an a rivo, the capital and chief city of Madagascar, situated in a mountainous region in the central portion of the island, about 5,000 feet above the level of the sea, from which it is 110 miles distant. It was reached and occupied by the French army of invasion on Sept. 30, 1895, and now forms the centre of the French protectorate established in the island. Pop . estimated at 100,000 in 1897.