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face of the grouud beneath, and then the cones may be observed 

 standing upon the stony bed like so many pawns on a chessboard. 

 It is needless to observe that when these Penitentes are several feet 

 high they form no slight impediment to the advance of a traveller. 

 Mr. Vines on Tupungato had to climb over 2000 feet of them. 



After leaving the Aconcagua region the journey was continued by 

 sea down the secluded and tempestuous Smyth's Channel, and a brief 

 visit was paid to the snowy mountains of Tierra del Fuego. The 

 ascent of Mount Sarmiento was accomplished to the foot of the final 

 crags, but a violent storm then necessitated a hasty retreat. The 

 glaciers of this southermost region present many analogies with 

 those of Spitshergen and other places in high latitudes. 



GENERAL MONTHLY MEETING, 



Monday, June 5, 1899. 



His Grace The Duke of Northumberland, K.G. F.S.A., President, 



in the Chair. 



Sir Edward Courtenay Boyle, K.C.B. 



Bobert Macnamara Cowie, Esq. L.B.C.P. M.R.C.S. 



Henry Hardinge Cunynghame, Esq. 



Mrs. Hardinge Cunynghame, 



Henry Williams Grigg, Esq. 



O. J. Kilvington, Esq. 



Thomas Matthews, Esq. 



Mrs. T. Lambert Mears, 



William Beswick Myers-Beswick, Esq. 



Theodore Charles Owen, Esq. 



Mrs. R. Palmer Thomas, 



Thomas Terrell, Esq. Q.C 



Mrs. Twopeny, 



Rev. Charles Edward Wright, M.A. 



were elected Members of the Royal Institution. 



The Special Thanks of the Members were returned to the 

 Right Hon. Evelyn Ashley for his present of a letter written by 



