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Seattle, May 31, on the steamer Elder, for a two-mouths cruise 

 in Alaskan waters. There is much public interest in this expedi- 

 tion on account of the many well-known scientific men composing 

 the party, and perhaps not less on account of the fact that all of 

 the inem))ers of the expedition are guests of Mr. E. H. Harriman, 

 a New York banker. Tlie following is a partial list of the natural- 

 history men: W. H. Brewer, Yale University; John Burroughs, 

 West Park, New York; John Muir, Martinez, California; Dr. C. 

 Hart, Merrian, chief of the U. S. Biological Survey; Charles 

 Keeler, California Academy of Sciences; F. V. Coville, Chief of 

 the Division of Botany, Washington, D. C; Benj. K. Emerson, 

 Professor of Geology, Amherst College; Prof. B. E. Fernow, Col- 

 lege of Forestry, Cornell University; Dr. A. K. Fisher,' U, S. Bio- 

 logical Survey; Dr. George Bird Grinnell, Editor of Forest and 

 Stream, New York; Dr. Charles Palache, Harvard University; 

 De Alton Saunders, Botanist to the South Dakota Experiment 

 Station; Prof. W. E. Ritter, Department of Zoology, University 

 of California; Dr. Wra. Trelease, Director of the Missouri Botan- 

 ical Garden; Robert Ridgway, National Museum, Washington, 

 D. C; T. H. Kearney Jr., Assistant Botanist, Department of 

 Agriculture, Washington, D, C; C. K. Gilbert, Geologist, U. S. 

 Geological Survey. 



Mr. Martin W. Gorman, of Portland, Oregon, who has 

 traveled and botanized in Alaska for many years, left Fort Selkirk 

 last July with a party of four on an expedition across country 

 to the upper waters of White River. In the latter part of August, 

 Mr. Gorman in attempting to descend the White River to the 

 Yukon on a raft with an ill companion was wrecked at the conflu- 

 ence of the two streams, on September 1. Mr. Gorman's companion 

 was drowned, but he, after being in the water for four and one- 

 half hours, was opportunely rescued, by some passing huntei's. His 

 provisions had previously become exhausted, and for several days the 

 daily subsistence had consisted of a few spoonfuls of flour boiled in 

 water. All of his botanical specimens were destroyed, and, quite worn 

 out, he arrived at Dawson, September 7, whence he writes that he will 

 return to Portland soon, and adds feelingly that he " has had enough 

 of the land of more square miles than square meals for the present." 



