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and Riverside, California, the following after- 

 noon and about two hours and a half will be 

 given to the semi-tropical scenery of each of 

 these two cities. Sunday, July 10, will be 

 spent at Los Angeles, leaving there in the 

 evening and arriving at Lang, Cal., on the 

 following morning. At Lang the borax mines 

 will be visited on invitation of Mr. S. T. 

 Mather, of the Thorkildsen-Mather Company, 

 where the party will be their guests until about 

 1 :30 o'clock, when the train will leave for 

 Santa Barbara, giving us about five hours in 

 that unequalled seaside resort. During the 

 night the train will leave for San Francisco 

 via the coast route of the Southern Pacific, 

 probably reaching our destination about twelve 

 o'clock on July 12. 



The meeting will follow and our entertain- 

 ment by the California Section. The tenta- 

 tive program for our entertainment includes: 

 first, a steamer trip around the Bay and out 

 through the Golden Gate ; second, a trip to the 

 top of Mt. Tamalpais and to the Muir Woods, 

 the first giving us an extensive view of the 

 ocean, the bay and the surrounding mountains 

 and hills, while the second contains fine speci- 

 mens of the coast redwood {Sequoia semper- 

 virens) ; third, an excursion on the Ocean 

 Shore Railway to Pescadero with a possible 

 return via the Santa Clara Valley; fourth, an 

 excursion to the vineyards and wineries of the 

 Italian-Swiss colonies in Sonoma County; 

 fifth, a visit to the University of California 

 at Berkeley; sixth, a visit to Stanford Uni- 

 versity with a possible automobile trip through 

 the orchards of the Santa Clara Valley; sev- 

 enth, a camping out trip for one night and 

 parts of two days into the Big Basin, the 

 State Park, where some of the biggest red- 

 woods are to be seen; also it is hoped to visit 

 some of the local manufacturing plants. 



Following the meeting the party will dissolve 

 as a whole, returning as they desire, either 

 via the smelters in Utah and Colorado, via the 

 beautiful scenery of the Canadian Pacific, or 

 via the National Tellowstone Park. 



Unusually low rates have been obtained 

 from Chicago; namely, $62.50 for the round 

 trip from that city with $15 extra if the party 

 returns via the northern routes. There will 



be $6.50 extra railway fare on the side trip to 

 the Grand Canyon. The berth rate from 

 Chicago to San Francisco will be $14 with an 

 additional charge for the four extra days in 

 transit in lieu of hotel expenses, as the Pull- 

 mans will be used throughout the trip. This 

 additional charge will approximate $7 on the 

 berth rate. 



The Puget Sound Section are hoping that a 

 considerable number of the members may de- 

 cide to return via Seattle and if a party can 

 be formed they will make every effort to show 

 us their own delightful surroundings. 



Li view of the eiforts that are being made 

 by the California members and of the unusual 

 attractions of the trip, it is hoped that a spe- 

 cial effort will be made by eastern members 

 to be present at the meeting. Reservations for 

 the special train will be made in the order of 

 their receipt. Any members of allied societies 

 going west at this time who may wish to share 

 in the privileges of the special train should 

 address the secretary, Charles L. Parsons, New 

 Hampshire College, Durham, N. H. 



SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND NEWS 

 Before the Paris Academy of Sciences on 

 March 4, M. Picard made a eulogy on the late 

 Alexander Agassiz. Mr. Agassiz had attended 

 a meeting of the academy two weeks pre- 

 viously. 



The will of Alexander Agassiz, dated Sep- 

 tember 17, 1906, was filed at Newport, on April 

 14. He bequeathed $200,000 to Harvard Uni- 

 versity, half for the Museum of Comparative 

 Zoology and half for its publications. The 

 university also receives scientific apparatus 

 and books, and will ultimately receive the 

 further sum of $12,000. Mr. Agassiz further 

 bequeathed $50,000 to the National Academy 

 of Sciences and an equal sum to the American 

 Academy of Arts and Sciences. $25,000 is 

 left to the Newport School of Manual Train- 

 ing, to which ultimately $6,000 will be added. 

 Mr. Agassiz's will further provides that in the 

 case of the death of any one of his three sons 

 without issue his share of the estate shall 

 ultimately go to Harvard University for the 

 Museum of Comparative Zoology. 



