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SCIENCE. 



[N.S. Vol. XVII. No. 443. 



OPPORTUNITY FOB GEOLOOIGAL RESEARCH 

 IN BONDVRAS. 



The great excavations and tremendous cut- 

 tings into and through the mountains along 

 the line of the new highway from Tegucigalpa 

 to the south coast have laid bare large parts 

 of these mountains. 



I desire to call the attention of geologists 

 and students of geology to this rare opportu- 

 nity for research in this field of science. It 

 is of especial interest to students in volcanic 

 formations and action. Calcareous deposits 

 abound, and metamorphic formations may be 

 studied minutely. There are excellent exhib- 

 its of shale formation as well as of tufa and 

 other igneous conglomerates. Pumiceous de- 

 posits and volcanic sand present a fine chance 

 for study at first hand. 



These cuttings have entailed an expense of 

 many thousand dollars, and geologists may 

 now profit by the result without any greater 

 expense than that of travel and living while 

 here. 



Amapala, Honduras, may be reached by the 

 steamers of the Pacific Mail Line from San 

 Francisco, or from Panama (connecting with 

 Panama R. E. S. S. Co.). The entire ex- 

 pense, including that while in Honduras, 

 should not exceed three hundred dollars. 



It would be advisable to make use of tents 

 and camping paraphernalia, as the accommo- 

 dations for strangers are very crude as well 

 as limited. 



Since vegetation is luxurious and of rapid 

 growth in these countries, I suggest that those 

 intending to make a study of these formations 

 do so at once, as the surface of these now bare 

 cuttings, excavations and slides will, in not 

 many months, be overgrown with tropical 

 flora. 



Alfred K. Moe, 

 U. S. Consul. 



Tegucigalpa, Honduras, 



TBE NEW YORK COLLEGE OF FORESTRY. 

 The trustees of Cornell University at their 

 meeting on June 17 passed the following reso- 

 lution : 



" Owing to the failure of the state to ap- 

 propriate means for the support of the Col- 

 lege of Forestry, established by the state at 

 Cornell University, resolved, that instruction 

 in that college be, and the same is hereby, 

 suspended until ways and means are provided 

 therefor by this state, and that all appoint- 

 ments to the instruction force, including the 

 appointment of the director, be vacated." 



In his report to the trustees President 

 Schurman writes as follows : 



" The administration of the New York 

 State College of Forestry was undertaken 

 by Cornell University at the instance of the 

 state, the university having neither asked 

 for the establishment of such an institution 

 nor been consulted concerning the terms of 

 the act under which it was organized. But 

 when the legislature framed and the governor 

 approved. a bill inviting Cornell University to 

 conduct a great experiment in forestry in the 

 Adirondacks in connection with a State Col- 

 lege of Forestry, to be established at Ithaca, 

 the university, in its loyal desire to cooperate 

 with the state in this scientific enterprise, 

 accepted the duty imposed by the act and ad- 

 dressed itself to the task with good faith, 

 diligence, and an earnest determination to 

 carry out the purpose of the state as expressed 

 in the terms of the act itself. 



" The first and all essential step was to 

 secure an expert into whose hands, under the 

 general supervision of the trustees, the work 

 might be committed. The university con- 

 gratulated itself on securing the services of a 

 gentleman who had been thoroughly trained 

 both on the theoretical and practical sides in 

 European forestry, who had lived many years 

 in the United States, and who, after successful 

 experience as a forester for private parties 

 (among whom the late Abram S. Hewitt 

 strongly testified to his merits and success), 

 had for some years held the foremost posi- 

 tion in forestry in the United States, namely, 

 that of chief of the Division of Forestry. 

 From this office Dr. Bernliard Eduard Femow 

 came to the position of Director of the New 

 York State College of Forestry. He outlined 



