THE NAUTILUS. / 



a corresponding chapter. It is composed of men and women inter- 

 ested in the study of shells. It also has a juvenile section composed of 

 boys and girls. It is a working chapter, or society, as every member 

 is expected to send an annual report of work done by him. These 

 reports and such papers as the members may furnish are known as 

 the transactions of the society. Each year the volume of transac- 

 tions, in manuscript, is forwarded from one member to another 

 until each member has read the book, but as some time must neces- 

 sarily elapse before all the members of the chapter can receive it, 

 the editor of THE NAUTILUS has kindly consented to allow space 

 for extracts from the transactions in THE NAUTILUS each month. 

 Each member in this way can have a copy of the annual reports to 

 himself. 



The Chapter is officered as follows : 

 President, Prof. Josiah Keep, Mills College, Cal. 

 General Secretary, Mrs. M. Burton, Williamson University, Los 

 Angeles County, Cal. 



SECRETARIES OF SECTIONS : 



Section A. Marine shells of the West Coast, Prof. Keep, Mills 

 College, Cal. 



Section B Marine shells of the East Coast, Mr. A. H. Gardner, 

 Box 84, Fort Hamilton, N. Y. 



Section C. Land shells east of the Kocky Mountains (Sec. not 

 yet chosen). 



Section I). Fresh water shells east of Rocky Mountains, Dr. W. 

 S. Strode, Lewiston, 111. 



Section E. Land and fresh water shells west of Rocky Mount- 

 ains (Secretary not yet chosen). 



Section F. Fossil shells, Hon. Delos Arnold, Pasadena, Cal. 



Section G. Juvenile Section, Mrs. Mary P. Olney, Spokane, 

 Wash. 



Section H. Microscopic shells (Secretary not yet chosen). 



A STUDY OF FOSSIL SHELLS. 



Report of Josiah Keep. From the Transactions of the Isaac Lea Conchological 

 Chapter of the Agassiz Association for 1894. 



Two years ago last summer, as I was returning to California from 

 the Atlantic Coast, I had occasion to stop for a number of hours in 

 the city of Cincinnati. By far the cheapest and most satisfactory 



