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Api-'d 2lf^ 1891. Special mcetiiuj. 



Meeting held in the Ijecture Room f)f the National ]Musenm. 

 Attendance, 400. 



Mr. H. M. Wilson, of the United States (leological Survey, de- 

 livered an address on the subject " India : Its geography and 

 people." At the close of the lecture Mr. Wilson exhibited and 

 explained a numl^er of lantern-sUdes made from views taken by 

 him while travelino; in India. 



May -?, 1891. 5Sd meeting. 



Meeting held in the Lecture Hall of the National Museum. 

 Vice-President Hayden in the chair. Attendance, 600. 



Mr. Courtenay De Kalb delivered an address on " The great 

 Amazon : Personal investigations on the Great River and in its 

 upper valley." At the close of the lecture Mr. De Kalb exhibited 

 a number of lantern-slide views, which he descril^ed. 



May 15, 1891. oJ/ih meeting. 



Meeting held in the Assembh^ Hall of the Cosmos Clul>. Vice- 

 President Hayden in the chair. Attendance, 25. 



At the request of the Board of Managers, Mr. Marcus Baker 

 made a statement relative to plans by the Board for further 

 Alaskan exploration in the vicinity of Mount St. Elias under the 

 conduct of Mr. I. C. Russell, to be prosecuted the coming season. 



Mr. Gilbert, complying Avith the request of the Chairman, ad- 

 dressed the Society upon some of the questions involved in 

 Alaskan geology. 



Dr. Sheldon Jackson, at the invitation of the Society, spoke 

 on the general aspects of the Alaskan coast and the inhabitants 

 of the country. , 



Remarks were made, following Dr. Jackson's address, by the 

 Chairman, Mr. J. H. Blodgett, and others. 



In connection with the announcement of the proposed Field 

 Day, June 3 and 4 next, to the grottoes near Shendun, in the 

 Shenandoah valley, Virginia, Major Jed. Hotchkiss gave an in- 

 teresting account of the topography of the valley. 



An exhibition of lantern-slide views of Alaskan coast scenery 

 followed, the pictures being explained by Mr. 1. C. Russell. 



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