15 California Art & Nature. i6 



15 to 20 minutes. The effect was beau- DEAN, GEORGE^ ^^: ^^^^^ ^.^^ ^^ ^^ 



tiful, as they rose mingled with the ^g^^ ^ successful nurseryman and flor- 



black mud of the pond. The tempera- ist, well known to many as an ardent 



ture of the water in the principal pond collector of shells. 



was 118 degrees F., in the smaller one goodB. GEORGE BROWN: 



135, and in one of the mud holes, from port 2 of the report of the U. S. Na- 



which gases escaped, 170. The air tional Mus.eum for 1897 is a niemorial of 



... , ^ ,, * „„i^i,„^„f„/i this eminent naturalist, together with a 



which escaped was full of sulphurated sgie^.tjon of his papers on museums and 



hydrogen, and in the crevices crystals on the history of science in America. 



of yellow sulphur were found. The Portraits of the earher scientific men, 



ground near abeut was covered with lt^XLl\%lnif l^l\^nonTf^lT 



a white efflorescence, tinged with red tiflc and educational institutons of the 



and yellow. On the edge of a small United States," and "the beginnings of 



r,nnrl prv<3ta1<3 nf <!al flmmonifl 1 to 5 natural history in America," form a 



pond crystals ot sal ammonia, i to o y^j^j^^ ^j gj,^^^ interest, and a worthy 



inches long, were collected. monument to one who was great as a 



At the time of this earthquake low man and aa a scientist. A list of his 



grounds near Yuma became full of published writings occupy 20 pages of 



, j^-i..,. 4.J i.„i the memorial, 



cracksi, many of which spouted out sul- 

 phurous water, mud, and s'and. Dr. 

 Parry records that the river formed 

 new bends, leaving portions of its old 

 bed so suddenly that thousands of 

 fishes were left lying on the muddy 

 bottom to infect in a few days the air 

 along the ^river by their putrefaction, 

 and that the frequency of earthquakes 

 occurring here forms also a point in 

 the mythology and traditional tales of 

 the aborigines. 



C. R. ORCUTT. 



EDITORIAL. 



Our aim in journalishm is to popular- 

 ize study, to create a greater interest 

 in the beauties of the world, to increase 

 the number of lives that shall leave a 

 mark on the world's history — lives more 

 worthy of the Creator of the universe. 



Our direct aim is a review of our 

 present knowledge, and a record of new 

 discoveries, in natural hstory and other 

 branches of science. Descriptions ot 

 animals and plants, not easily accessi- 

 ble to the young student, notes of eco- 

 nomic or geographic significance, biblo- 

 graphy, synonymy, and an interchange 

 of ideas, will be means used to a com- 

 mon end. 



BIOGRAPHICAL. 



BIRTWBLL, FRANCIS J.: 



Wiell and favorably known to ornithol- 

 ogists as a writer on the birds of New 

 Mexico, ascended a lifty pine tree to pro- 

 cure a birds' nest, 29 Je 1901, became 

 entangled in the rope and strangled In 

 the presence of his bride. 



Le CONTE, JOSEPH: 



One of the most eminent scientists, of 

 the University of California, died July 6, 

 1901. 



He was of Huguenot descent, and was 

 born in Liberty county, Georgia, 26 F 1823. 

 As a teacher he was suggestive, inter- 

 esting and inspiring, and his naturally 

 kind and genial disposition gained him 

 the affection of his pupils. Geology, 

 optics, aerostatics and physiology were 

 branches upon which he became author- 

 ity. 



