The Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society 



W. deB. MacNIDER, President. 

 W. F. PROUTY, Vice-President. 



J. M. BELL, H. R. TOTTEN, 



Permanent Secretary. Recording Secretary. 



Editors of the Journal: 



W. C. COKER, Chairman. 



J. M. BELL COLLIER COBB 



Journal op the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society — Quarterly. 

 Price $3.00 per year; double uumbers, $1.50. Numbers for sale are listed 

 inside the back cover. Direct all correspondence to the Permanent Sec- 

 retary, at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N. C. 



In addition to original papers on scientific subjects this Journal pub- 

 lishes the Proceedings of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society, and the 

 Proceedings of the North Carolina Academy of Science, as well as abstracts 

 of papers on scientific subjects published elsewhere by members of the Fac- 

 ulty of the University of North Carolina. 



PUBLISHED rOE THE SOCIETY 



B .' THE 



UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA 



