MUSEUM NEWS NOTES 101 
The task of moving this 365 ton mass of iron to its present position 
with all the resources of the city at command and with plenty of time 
for the work has made us realize more than ever before the bravery 
and skill shown by Mr. Peary in bringing the meteorite away from its 
Arctic home. A thrilling account of Mr. Peary’s expedition for the 
Saviksue or Cape York meteorites may be found in his book “North-— 
ward over the great Ice,”’ and a brief notice of the three irons, Ahnighito, 
the Woman and the Dog, comprising the group may be found in the 
AmericaN Museum Journat for January, 1905. 
Tur Gem Collection has received as a gift from Mr. J. Pierpont 
Morgan, a boulder of jade (nephrite) from New Zealand weighing 
7,196 pounds. ‘This is the largest single mass of this material which is 
known to be in existence. 
Tue Department of Mineralogy received in August a valuable gift 
of Brazilian gems and gem material from Mr. J. F. Freire Murta of 
Arassuahy, Minas Geraes, Brazil. The series consists of cut gems 
and unworked fragments illustrating the valued colors of tourmaline 
and beryl occurring in the state of Minas Geraes. 
Tue Seventh International Zoédlogical Congress, which held its 
scientific sessions in Boston August 19 to 24, was the guest of the Amer- 
ican Museum on Tuesday, August 27. At eleven o’clock the officers of 
the Museum met the members and delegates of the Congress in the 
Foyer and conducted them through the exhibition halls, pointing out 
the particular zoélogical treasures. Among these the collections of the 
departments of Vertebrate Paleontology and Invertebrate Zodlogy 
attracted the most attention. At one o’clock the members of the 
Congress were the guests of President Jesup at a luncheon which was 
served in the corner hall opening out of the Laubat Hall of Mexican 
Archeology. The afternoon was spent in visiting the laboratories and 
work rooms of the Museum where the “‘congressists’’ were particularly 
interested in the work being done in glass, wax and other materials in 
the preparation and mounting of groups and individual specimens. 
During the evening a reception was given in the building by the ‘Trus- 
tees of the Museum and the Council of the New York Academy of 
Sciences, when the foreign and out-of-town delegates had an opportunity 
of meeting New Yorkers who are interested in science non-professionally. 
