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AMERICAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION. 





SEALS. 



terest and pleasure of the expeditions 

 would gather useful information and dis- 

 tribute it for the benefit of others." 



In planning the research work and in 

 selecting the scientific personnel of the 

 party Mr. Harriman was assisted by Dr. 

 C. Hart Merriam. From the preface of 

 the work we learn that " many of the in- 

 vited members were connected with the 

 Washington Academy of Sciences, and the 

 interest shown by them soon came to be 

 shared by that organization, which gave its 

 hearty cooperation ; under its auspices the 

 scientific results are now being published." 



To quote further from Mr. Harriman's 

 prefatory remarks : " Although big game 

 played an important part in the original 

 plan, no extended or organized effort for 

 hunting was made, the sportsmen un- 

 selfishly foregoing their own pleasure and 

 allowing the scientific workers to use their 

 camp equipment. Much valuable time 

 was thus saved and we were enabled to 

 extend the cruise to the Seal and other 

 islands of Bering Sea, and also to the coast 

 of Siberia and Bering Strait." 



The expedition was organized by Mr. 

 Harriman in cooperation with the Wash- 

 ington Academy of Sciences, but entirely 

 at his own expense, in the spring of 1S99. 

 The party included as Mr. Harriman's 

 guests three artists and 25 scientists. 



S( [en 1 in. Par 1 v. 



Prof. Wm. II. |: 

 Vale University. 



John Burroughs, < >ni- 

 thologisl and Author. 



It. Wesley K. ( 

 ^ ale ( Fniversit) . 



1'- V. ( ,,\ ille, Botan- 

 ist, I'. S. D 

 culture. 



Dr. Wm. II. Dall, 

 Paleontologist ol th< U. 

 S. ( Jeologica] Sun e\ . 



W. 11. I >evereux, Min- 

 ing Engineer, Colorado 

 Springs, Col. 



Daniel (.. Elliott, Field 

 Columbian Museum, Chi- 

 cago. 



Prof. Benj. K. Emer- 

 son, Geologist, Amherst 

 College. 



Dr. 15. E. Fernow, 

 Director X. Y. State * 

 lege of Forestry. 

 Dr. A. K. Fisher, Biological Survey, 

 Washington, D. C. 



Henry Gannett, Geographer, U. S. 

 Geological Survey. 



I YAK 11. \\ . KADIAK [SA1 N I'. 



G. K. Gilbert, < reologist, [J. S. G 

 logical Sin \e\ . 



Dr. George Bird Grinnell, Editoi 

 Forest am/ Stream. 



