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bergen, but they are at present most meagrely represented in the national collections, 

 so that there is plenty of work for a practised geologist. Dr. Gregory's book on his 

 experiences in East Africa is on the point of publication, and he doubtless longs 

 for " fresh fields and pastures new," if such a quotation can be applied to so inhos- 

 pitable an island. 



An exhibition at the Grafton Galleries, London, W , is very timely. This is a 

 series of four pictures by the Arctic explorer, Professor Julius von Payer, repre- 

 senting the loss of the Franklin Expedition. As a representation of Arctic conditions 

 by a skilled painter having practical experience thereof, as well as by virtue of their 

 pathetic subject, the pictures are worth the attention of naturalists. 



The " Faraday " has returned from the Amazons, bringing with her Messrs. 

 Austen and Pickard Cambridge, who have amassed a fine collection, chiefly of 

 Arthropoda, and including several spiders' nests. These will go to the British 

 Museum (Natural History). Some interesting bionomic observations have been 

 made. 



Professor Alexander Agassiz, accompanied by Dr. W. McM. Woodworth 

 and Dr. A. G. Mayer, has gone to Australia in order to investigate the Great Barrier 

 Reef, for which purpose a special steamer has been chartered in Australia. He 

 expects to return about July i. Owing to his absence, Wachsmuth and Springer's 

 Monograph of Crinoidea Camerata of N. America will not be published before 

 August. 



Science informs us that Mr. J. B. Hatcher, of Princeton College, special agent 

 and collector for the Bureau of Ethnology at Washington, and Mr. O. A. Peterson, 

 collector for the American Museum of Natural History, New York, have embarked 

 for Patagonia on the steamship " Galileo." 



Dr. K. Lauterbach, Mr. Tappenbeck, and Dr. Kirsting are leading an 

 expedition to the Hinterland of New Guinea. 



Dr. Nils Holst, the Swedish geologist, is to travel for a year in West 

 Australia under the auspices of the Anglo-Scandinavian Exploration Company. 



Mr. Roy W. Squires, says Science, goes to Venezuela as a representative of the 

 Department of Botany of the University of Minnesota and under the auspices of 

 the Orinoco Company. He will make collections in the unexplored mountain 

 regions south-east of Barancas. The region covered will lie considerably south of 

 that visited by previous botanists, and a valuable collection may be looked for. 

 Mr. Squires will be absent from Minnesota about six months. 



After the publication of our last number, Professor D. G. Elliott, who was to 

 have gone to South Africa, altered the destination of his expedition to Somaliland, 

 whither he sailed on March 27, accompanied by Mr. Dodson, who was with 

 Dr. Donaldson Smith's expedition to Lake Rudolph. Landing at Berbera, Mr. 

 Elliott will pass southwards over the plateau to the Shebeyli River, and will return 

 down the valley of the Juba River. 



Those of our readers who are in the habit of receiving scientific papers from 

 their American colleagues should note that in future such second-class mail-matter 

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