May 21, 1897.] 



SCIENCE. 



787 



C. Hartzell, South Carolina ; T. C. Hop- 

 kins, Pennsylvania State College; E. V. 

 d'Invilliers, State Geologist of Pennsyl- 

 vania; Lyman C. Josephs, of Newport, 

 R. I. ; Arthur Keith, U. S. Geological Sur- 

 vey; J. F. Kemp, Columbia University; 



E. P. King, Portland, Maine ; Elizabeth 

 Kirkbride, Bryn Mawr College; E. C. E. 

 Lord, U. S. Geological Survey; F. J. H. 

 Merrill, State Museum, Albany ; W J 

 McGee, U. S. Bureau of Ethnology ; S. W. 

 McCalley, Assistant State Geologist of 

 Georgia ; E. B. Matthews, Johns Hopkins 

 University ; J. A. Mitchell, Mt. St. Mary's 

 College, Maryland ; F. H. Newell, U. S. 

 Geological Survey ; W. H. Mies, Massa- 

 chusetts Institute of Technology; Edw. 

 Orton, State Geologist of Ohio ; C. C. 

 O'HaiTa, Carthage College, Illinois; Major 

 J. W. Powell, Bureau of American Eth- 

 nology ; L. V. Pirsson, Yale University; 



F. B. Peck, Lafayette College; Heinrich 

 Eies, Columbia University; Harry Field- 

 ing Ried, Johns Hopkins University ; E. D. 

 Salisbury, University of Chicago; A. C. 

 Spencer, U. S. Geological Survey ; T. W. 

 •Stanton, U. S. Geological Survey ; G. O. 

 Smith, U. S. Geological Survey; G. W. 

 Stose, U. S. Geological Survey; J. Stanley- 

 Brown, of Washington ; G. B. Shattuck, 

 Johns Hopkins University ; Chas. R. Van 

 Hise, University of Wisconsin ; C. D. Wal- 

 cott, U. S. Geological Survey; Lester F. 

 Ward, U. S. Geological Survey; T. G. 

 White, Columbia University ; I. C. White, 

 Morgantown, W. Va. ; H. S. Williams, 

 Yale University ; Bailey Willis, U. S. 

 Geological Survey. 



As the party was about to disband the 

 following letter was drawn up : 



To THE Board op Commissionees of the Maet- 

 land geoloaical suevey and the state 

 Geologist : 



Oenilemen : We have spent the last four days in a 

 most interesting inspection of Maryland's geology, 

 innder conditions which your hospitable forethought 



has made peculiarly favorable. Our appreciation of 

 the provisions made for the comfort of the party is 

 keen, and our enjoyment of the excursion has been 

 all that you could have wished it. In twice travers- 

 ing the State of Maryland, opportunity has been af- 

 forded us of observing its mineral wealth, and in 

 coming in contact with a wide range of phenomena 

 illustrative of many of the aspects of geology. The 

 field is rich, and it affords opportunities for inquiries 

 which may add honor and wealth to the Common- 

 wealth, contributing at the same time to the sum of 

 human knowledge. The exploitation of these oppor- 

 tunities will be safe under your guidance, and we 

 wish you a speedy success. 



The paper was signed by Sir Archibald 

 Geikie and the entire company of geologists. 



At the close of the Baltimore visit, Sir 

 Archibald went, on May 3d, to Washing- 

 ton, where. May 5th, he addressed the Geo- 

 logical Society of Washington upon the 

 subject, 'Notes for a correlation between 

 the Tertiary Volcanic Succession in North- 

 western Europe and in Western America. ' 

 At the close of the lecture he was tendered 

 a reception at the rooms of the U. S. Geo- 

 logical Survey. May 6th Sir Archibald 

 visited Bryn Mawr College and briefly ad- 

 dressed the students, and May 7th lectured 

 before the Philosophical Society in Phila- 

 delphia upon ' Recent Geological Work in 

 the Hebrides and Faroe Isles,' after which 

 the Society entertained him at a conver- 

 sazione, at which many visiting geologists 

 were present. May 8th he reached New 

 York, and, aside from courtesies privately 

 extended, was occupied with the rich col- 

 ' lections of the American Museum of Nat- 

 ural History. May 10th he lectured in 

 Brooklyn on the ' Geology of the Inner 

 Hebrides,' and passed the remainder of the 

 week in visiting Yale University and rela- 

 tives in Connecticut. Saturday, May 15th, 

 he sailed for England, accompanied by a 

 cordial ' bon voyage ' and an ' auf wieder- 

 sehen ' from his many friends in America. 



J. F. Kemp. 



Columbia Univeksity. 



