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The third day was devoted to the geogra- 
phy of the United States and Canada, and 
the papers presented were mostly of a his- 
torical character, and included an account 
of the work of the various geographical 
institutions of the United States, by Mar- 
cus Baker; the Work of the United States 
Coast and Geodetic Survey, by Dr. T. C. 
Mendenhall; the Hydrography of the 
United States, by Mr. F. H. Newell; the 
Geographical Work of the United States 
Geological Survey, by Mr. C. D. Walcott; 
Geographical Work of the Canada Geolog- 
ical Survey, by Mr. C. J. White; the Work 
of the Canada Weather Bureau, by Mr. 
Stupart, and of the United States Weather 
Bureau, by Mr. Willis L. Moore. 
Professor William M. Davis gave an ac- 
count of the coastal plain of Maine. This 
paper epitomized the principles of the 
physiographic classification of land forms, 
and gave a careful account of the features 
of the coastal plain of Maine and its posi- 
tion in the classification, in spite of what 
appeared to be at first apparent anomalies. 
Mr. C. E. Lumsden entered a strong plea 
for the unification of time at sea, and showed 
the confusion arising from the present sys- 
tems of time record employed by mariners. 
The paper of the day drawing the largest 
audience was that of the explorer and 
geographer, Dr. J. B. Tyrrell, who gave an 
interesting illustrated account of the Barren 
Lands of Canada. Some of the tales of 
game in this region of difficult traveling, 
though verified by the camera, were almost 
incredible. 
The session of the fourth day, devoted to 
physical geography, opened with a large 
audience to greet the explorer and hunter, 
Mr. H. C. Selous, who gave a glowing ac- 
count of the Economic Geography of Rhode- 
sia, based on an intimate knowledge of 
about a quarter of a century. This paper 
added many data of value to those brought 
forth by the report of the Committee on 
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Climatology of Africa, and was full of in- 
terest because of the present political con- 
dition of South Africa. Other papers of 
the morning were: ‘ A Journey in Tripoli,’ 
by J.T. Myres ; ‘On the Direction of Lines 
of Structure in Eurasia,’ by Prince Kropot- 
kin ; ‘ Potamology as a Branch of Geogra- 
phy,’ by Professor A. Penck, and the ‘ Geo- 
graphical Development of the Lower Missis- 
sippi,’ by E. L. Corthell, concerning which 
it is impossible, for lack of space, to make 
separate note. Suffice it to say that these 
papers were among the most scientific of the 
physical geography papers, and were all of 
value. The afternoon session was again 
devoted to North America, with papers on 
‘Southeastern Alaska,’ by Otto J. Klotz; 
‘The First Ascent of Mt. Lefroy and Mt. 
Aberdeen,’ by Professor H. B. Dixon, and 
‘Mexico Felix and Mexico Deserta,’ by O. 
H. Howarth. Recent exploration was well 
represented by the paper on Mt. Lefroy 
and Mt. Aberdeen, as these peaks had just 
been scaled for the first time within a few 
weeks of the meeting. 
The last day was devoted to a geograph- 
ical round up, and could not be classified. 
The principal paper, read by General A. W. 
Greely, was ‘The Growth and Material 
Conditions of the United States,’ prepared 
by Mr. Henry Gannett. Professor W. M. 
Davis spoke on the importance of geogra- 
phy as a university subject. 
Though these papers were the only ones. 
that were presented in the Section of Geog- 
raphy, they were not the only geographic 
papers before the Association ; other papers 
pertaining to physical and anthropological 
geography were given in different Sec- 
tions. When we consider the geographic 
papers im toto, we see that the meeting 
was memorable for the new geographic 
material presented. New ideas of political 
or physical geography were not all, how- 
ever, that the visiting geographers carried 
away from Toronto. The contact with the 
