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natural result of all these errors was to establish two 

 sets of names, one known to those acquainted only with 

 the maps, the other to those who either lived on the 

 Island, or knew the Island independently of map knowl- 

 edge. Furthermore, the matter of nomenclature was 

 much complicated by the insufferable tendency of sum- 

 mer visitors to give new names, often showing the worst 

 possible taste, to any natural feature that might happen 

 to attract their attention. Such names deserve preser- 

 vation only in rare cases, and should not be tolerated 

 for a moment unless by lapse of time or by custom the 

 new name has fairly superseded the old for all practical 

 purposes. 



To remedy these evils, and to secure a standard for 

 citation in our Catalogue, it was decided to make as thor- 

 ough an investigation of the geographical nomenclature 

 of the Island as possible, to adopt a system of correct 

 nomenclature, and finally to prepare a map that should 

 set forth the results of our work. For over three years 

 this investigation was carried on, until, in June, 1893, the 

 map was published. If we may judge by what we have 

 heard ourselves, or by what has been reported to us by 

 others, very little fault is found with the nomenclature 

 adopted. It is to be borne in mind that where the nomen- 

 clature of our map differs from that of the Coast Survey 

 it is to be explained on one of two grounds: either 

 because the Coast Survey attached a name to the wrong 

 locality, or because it coined a name or substituted one 

 of no authority to replace a name well known and in 

 common use upon the Island. A very striking instance 

 of the error last mentioned is found in the unauthorized 

 use of Turtle Lake for Bubble Pond, or for the oldest 

 name of all, now obsolete, Southeast Pond. 



