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their names and the University name to be 
freely used. Various professors expended 
much time and effort on their courses in 
Evelyn, and continued to do so, though gener- 
ally failing to receive the small stipend which 
was promised them. Certain University offi- 
cers, both faculty and trustees, served on the 
Evelyn board, but resigned because they could 
not approve of the way the institution was 
financially managed. Seeing that Evelyn Col- 
lege was closed only after the patience of every- 
body in Princeton, from tradesmen to trustees, 
was tried to the utmost, and the courtesies of 
the authorities strained to the breaking point, 
it is necessary that such a misstatement of the 
facts should be corrected.’’ These facts do not 
apparently relieve Princeton University from 
the responsibility of being the only considerable 
university in the world that does not provide in 
any way for the higher education of women. 
DISCUSSION AND CORRESPONDENCE. 
BEHRING SEA CONFERENCES. 
To THE Epiror oF ScreENcE: I have read 
with great interest the article on the results of 
the Behring Sea conferences, published in your 
number of November 26th (SCIENCE, N.S., Vol. 
VI., p. 781), which puts forward what is, I be- 
lieve, the view of the ‘seal question’ held by 
most naturalists in every country in a clear 
and temperate manner, I venture to point out 
to you that more than four years ago I endeay- 
ored to place the question in a somewhat sim- 
ilar light before the British public in an article 
entitled ‘A Naturalist’s View of the Fur-Seal 
Question,’ published in The Nineteenth Cen- 
tury for June, 1893, Vol. XXXIII., p. 10388). 
I beg leave to add an extract from this article 
in order to show the conclusions to which I had 
then arrived: ‘‘The absolute prohibition of 
‘pelagic’ sealing which is demanded by the 
Americans, and which out to be carried out in 
order to ensure the continued existence of the 
fur-seals, can only be obtained by mutual ar- 
rangement among the parties interested. The 
fur-seal of Alaska (practically now the only re- 
maining members of the group of fur-seals) 
should be declared to be, to all intents and pur- 
poses, a domestic animal, and its capture abso- 
SCIENCE. 
[N.S. Vou. VI. No. 157. 
lutely prohibited except in its home on the Pri- 
bilof Islands. Looking to the great value of 
the privilege thus obtained, America might well 
consent to pay to Great Britain and her colo- 
nists some compensation for the loss of the right 
of ‘pelagic’ sealing ; the amount of this com- 
pensation would be fairly based upon the num- 
ber of fur-seals annually killed upon the Pribi- 
lof Islands. The ‘royalty’ thus levied would 
no doubt increase the price of seal-skin jackets. 
But seal-skin jackets are not a necessary lux- 
ury, and an additional pound added to their 
cost would not be of material consequence to 
the ladies who wear them. As a naturalist, 
therefore, I think that the fur-seal should be 
considered in the light of a domestic animal, 
and that all ‘pelagic’ sealing should be stopped, 
while the owners of the sealeries should at the 
same time pay to the other nations interested a 
reasonable compensation for the valuable privi- 
leges thus obtained.”’ 
P. L. SCLATER. 
3, HANOVER SQUARE, LONDON, W. 
December 15, 1897. 
THE RNCHANTED MESA. 
To THE EDITOR OF SCIENCE: Referring to 
your postscript to my letter written in response 
to a communication to ScIENCE by Professor 
Libbey, I take the liberty of saying that, as 
the gentleman mentioned has not stated posi- 
tively that he erected the stone monument on 
the summit of the Enchanted Mesa, one must 
reach such a conclusion only by inference. My 
reasons for not accepting anything short of 
a statement couched in unmistakable terms are 
based on what Professor Libbey has already 
contributed to the literature of the Enchanted 
Mesa. In the first place (Princeton Press, July 
31) he says: 
“No traces of former inhabitants were found. 
Further, no altars or traces of prayer sticks 
were found. * * * Not the slightest trace was 
found which would enable me to believe that a 
human foot had ever before passed over the top 
of this famous rock.”’ 
Again (Princeton Press, August 21) he says: 
“For two hours I walked over the surface 
of the rock. * * * It is a splendid site for a 
pueblo, if some means of access could be de- 
