188 ANNUAL RECORD OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. 



of the time by immense numbers of buffaloes, one herd being 

 estimated as containing 15,000. The party was principally 

 occupied, however, in collecting fossils, among which were 

 numerous saurians, pterodactyls, and birds. 



After returning to Fort Wallace, the party left for Denver, 

 and thence proceeded to Cheyenne, where they found the ther- 

 mometer fifteen degrees below zero, and with little prospect 

 of an opportunity to prosecute out-door researches. They re- 

 mained here four days, or until the weather moderated. They 

 left Cheyenne for Crow Creek, in Colorado, and spent seven 

 days there, most of the time in sight of Pike's Peak. This 

 part of their work was not so successful as the first, though 

 they obtained some -rhinoceros' teeth, bones of rodents, and 

 numerous fossil turtles. 



From this point they proceeded to Salt Lake City, and 

 thence to Green River. The party then divided at Ogden, a 

 portion of it going on to San Francisco, with the intention of 

 coming back by the way of Panama, and the others return- 

 ing direct to Omaha, and home. College Courant, December 

 14,1872,257. 



W T IIYMPEIt's EXPLORATIONS IN GREENLAND. 



A recent number of Nature contains a communication from 

 Edward Whymper, written in Greenland, detailing the result 

 of his explorations in that country during the past summer. 

 It will be remembered that this gentleman visited Greenland 

 in 1867, but was unable to accomplish the work he had pro- 

 posed to himself on account of various obstructions. On the 

 present occasion, however, he has been more fortunate, and 

 he has had an opportunity of visiting some very interesting 

 localities. He reports that the season in Greenland has been 

 long and brilliant, that the floe ice disappeared in Umenak 

 Fiord in the middle of May, six weeks earlier than usual, and 

 that men went about in summer attire in April at Godhavn. 

 On the 6th of July, the date of his arrival in the country, the 

 land was covered with flowers, and almost all the snow had 

 vanished from the sea-level up to 2000 feet. 



All this would appear to be highly favorable to the oper- 

 ations of Captain Hall and his band of explorers. Mr. Whym- 

 per reports having discovered a great valley leading into the 

 interior of Disco. He also ascended one of the highest peaks 



