SCIENCE 



Editokial Committee : S. Newcomb, Mathematics ; R. S. "Woodwakd, Mechanics ; E. C. Pickeeing, As- 

 tronomy ; T. C. Men^denhall, Physios ; R. H. Thurston, Engineering ; Ira Remsen, Chemistry ; 

 J. Le Conte, Geology; W. M. Davis, Physiography; 0. C. Marsh, Paleontology; W. K. Brooks, 

 Invertebrate Zoology ; C. Hart Merriam, Vertebrate Zoology ; S. H. Scuddee, Entomology ; 

 N. L. Britton, Botany ; Heney F. Osborn, General Biology ; H. P. Bowditch, 

 Physiology ; J. S. Billings, Hygiene ; J. McKeen Cattell, Psychology ; 

 Daniel G. Beinton, J. W. Powell, Anthropology. 



Feiday, Octobee 11, 1895. 



CONTENTS: 



The Arctic Expedition of 1895, and Lieutenant 

 Feanfs Work: Rollin D. Salisbury 457 



On Oysters and Typhoid: R. W. BoYCE and W. 

 A. Heedman 460 



Address of the President, Sir Douglas Galton, before 

 the British Association for the Advancement of 

 Science {II.) 4G3 



Some Notes on Darlington {S. C.) 'Bay:' L. C. 

 Glen 472 



A New Method of Determining the Motion of the 

 Stars in the Line of Sight: J. E. K 475 



Section of Zoology of the A. A. A. S.: Chables 

 W. Hargitt 476 



Tlie Indexing of Chemical Literature 478 



Antarctic Exploration 480 



Current Prollems in Plant Morj[ihology {II.) : — 481 



The Influence of Spray and Bain on the Form of 

 Leaves: Conway MacMillan. 



Scientific Notes and Netiis 482 



University and Educational Neivs 484 



Correspondence: — 485 



The Absorption of Terrestrial Badiation hy the At- 

 mosphere : W. M. Davis. Shells as Imple- 

 ments: 0. T. Mason. The Inverted Image on 

 the Betina : J. McK. C. 



Scientific Literature : — 487 



Muscular Fatigue: Charles Henry. Allen's 

 Mammals from the Black Hills Begion : C. H. M. 



Scientific Journals: — 491 



Journal of Geology ; The American Geologist. 

 New Books 493 



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THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION OF 1S9B, AND 

 LIEUTENANT PEARY'S WORK. 



The North Greenland Expedition of 1895, 

 s. s. Kite, the primary object of which was 

 to bring Lieutenant Peary and his compan- 

 ions back to the United States, left St. Johns, 

 ]Sr. F., on the 11th of July. At this time the 

 members of the party were Mr. Emil Die- 

 bitsch, Dr. J. E. Walsh, Mr. Theo. Boutil- 

 lier and the writer. A little later we were 

 joined by Prof. L. L. Dyche, Avho had pre- 

 ceded us to the coast of Greenland. The 

 chief scientific work undertaken by mem- 

 bers of the party was the collection of birds 

 and mammals bj' Prof. Dyche, and the 

 study of glacial geology by the writer. 



After brief stops at Holstenberg, God- 

 havn, Jakobshavn, Atanikerdluk and Dal- 

 rymple Island, Inglefield Gulf, or perhaps 

 more properly Whale Sound, was reached 

 on the morning of the 31st of July. To 

 this point, but little floe-ice had been en- 

 countered, even Melville Bay being essen- 

 tially free from it along the line of our route. 

 In Inglefield Gulf, twenty-five miles or so 

 from Mr. Peary's headquarters, the ice 

 stopped further progress. From the na- 

 tives who soon boarded the Kite from the 

 settlement of Karnah, it was learned that 

 Mr. Peary had returned from his journey 

 across the inland ice, and that he, together 

 with Messrs. Lee and Henson, was now at 

 the lodge at the head of Bowdoin Bay. 

 After an unsuccessful attempt to reach the 



