X National GcograpJdc Magazine. 



May 29, 1801. 55th meeting. 



, Meeting held in the Lecture Room of the National Museum. 

 Attendance, 800. 



Reverend Dr. H. C. Horey delivered an address on '' Subter- 

 ranean scenery as found in the grottoes of the Shenandoah and 

 other caverns of Virginia," with illustrations from lantern-slide 

 views exhibited for the first time. Following the address, Major 

 Hotchkiss illustrated with free-hand sketches on the blackboard 

 the topography of the valley of Virginia, interspersing his re- 

 marks with war reminiscences. 



Jime 3 and 4. Field Dieeting. 



About 80 members left Washington on special train June 3, 

 arriving at 3 p. m. at Shendun, Virginia, where the.y were enter- 

 tained by the Grottoes company. Weir cave was visited that 

 afternoon, and in the evening a meeting was held in the hotel 

 parlor, at which remarks were made by Mr. G. K. Gilbert, 

 Reverend Dr. H. C. Hove}^, Major H. E. Alvord, Captain Morton, 

 General J. J. Reynolds, and Hon. J. Randolph Tucker. The 

 next morning Major Hotchkiss entertained the company with a 

 description of the resources of the Valley of Virginia, his remarks 

 being illustrated by. free-hand sketches. The Cave of the Foun- 

 tain was then visited, and, after presenting a testimonial to Major 

 Hotchkiss for the hospitality of the Grottoes company, the part}' 

 left for Washington. 



Oetoher 15, 1S91. Speeial meeting. 



Meeting held in the Assembly Hall of the Cosmos Club. 

 President Hubljard in the chair. Attendance, 50. 



Professor T. McKenney Hughes, professor of geology at Cam- 

 bridge University, England, gave a sketch of geological problems 

 and the larger questions of geology in England. 



Messrs Powell, McGee, and Gilbert made remarks on the 

 geologic subjects touched upon by Professor Hughes. 



Noremher 13, 1891. 56th meeting. 



Meeting held in the Lecture Hall of Columbian University. 

 President Hubbard in the chair. Attendance, 400. 



The exercises consisted of an exhil:)ition of Arctic photographs 



