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SCIENCE. 



[N. S. Vol. I. No. 21. 



to the original writer, though the geograph- 

 ical conditions must have been somewhat 

 ■changed in his time. 



I rejoice that a scholar like Dr. Haupt 

 has advocated a view which Avill almost for 

 the first time bring this very ancient and 

 very accurate geographical description be- 

 fore the notice of modern biblical scholars 

 in a manner which will be intelligible fi-om 

 their point of view. 



I may add that a popular view of the 

 geological argument on the subject wUl be 

 found in my work, ' Modern Science in 

 Bible Lands,' published in 1888,* where 

 will also be found a sketch-map of the 

 region, illusti-ating the bearing of the geo- 

 logical and geographical researches of 

 Loftus and others on this much vexed and 

 much misunderstood question. 



J. William Dawson. 



MONTEEAI, May 7, 1895. 



color-associations avith numerals, etc. 

 (third note). 



To THE Editor of Science : In Science, 

 old series, Vol. vi., ISTo. 137, p. 242, 1 printed 

 the results of some experiments upon the 

 association of colors with letters of the 

 alphabet, with numerals, etc., in the case 

 of one of my daughters. In Nature for 

 July 9, 1891, I gave a table exhibiting the 

 results of these experiments in the years 

 1882, 1883, August, 1885, December, 1887, 

 June, 1889, and June, 1891, a period of 

 about nine years. The table can be readily 

 consulted by anyone interested, so that it 

 need not be repi-inted here. In February, 

 1895, I again questioned my daughter on 

 the subject, and I find that the colors given 

 in her replies of June, 1891, are unchanged 

 except in two cases. The figure 8 was 

 visualized by her as white (August, 1885), 

 cream color (December, 1887), white (June, 

 1889), cream (June, 1891), and is again 

 seen as white ( February, 1895). The figure 



*Harpers, New York. 



10 was noted as brown (1885), brown 

 (1887), black ? (1889), black or browu 

 (1891), and black (1895). With these ex- 

 ceptions there are no material changes. 

 My remarks on the table, given in Nature, 

 do not seem to call for any additions or sub- 

 tractions. The present note, taken with 

 the others cited, seems to be of value, as it 

 records the results of experiments made 

 tinder exceptionally good conditions and 

 now extending over a period of some thu-teen 

 years. Edward S. Holden. 



Mount Hasiilton, May, 1895. 



UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS STATE GEOLOGICAL 

 SURVEY. 



In conformity with the law under which 

 the University of Kansas is now working, 

 the Board of Eegents at a recent meeting 

 formally organized the University Geolog- 

 ical Sui'vey of Kansas with Chancellor F. 

 H. Snow, ex-ofiicio Director; Professor S. 

 W. Williston, Paleontologist; Professor 

 Erasmus Haworth, Geologist and Mineralo- 

 gist, and Professor E. H. S. Bailej-, Chemist. 



In addition to these, other members of 

 the University Faculty will be engaged upon 

 the work of the Survey, as well as the ad- 

 vanced students of the departments of 

 Geology and Paleontologj^ An effort will 

 also be made to centralize and unify the 

 energies of different geologists in the State 

 who have been doing valuable work along 

 different lines of geological investigations. 

 Akeady a considerable start has been made 

 and the cooperation of difierent geologists of 

 the State has been secured. 



The policy of the Survej' mil be conserva- 

 tive, with the expectation that it will be 

 continued and eventuallj^ include all other 

 branches of the natural historj' of the State. 

 The general stratigraphy of the State will 

 fijfst be elaborated in order that it may be 

 used in the farther study of various ques- 

 tions of economic and scientific importance, 

 all of which will be taken up as rapidly as 



