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archasological and anthropological resources of Maine, New Jersey, 

 Kentucky, Oregon, etc. There are in all the States societies of 

 natural history, and it would be pleasant to know whether they 

 •discuss anthropological topics. Many private collections of great 

 value are to be found in the States ; who knows about them ? Now 

 I shall be delighted to have the following questions answered with 

 reference to every State in the Union: 1. Name of society, publi- 

 cation, or collection, public or private, devoted to the whole or a 

 part of anthropology. 2. The nature of this relation to the science 

 with lists of printed books or references in print to these. 3. The 

 name and address of the person who will be glad to give informa- 

 tion. O. T. Mason. 



Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., Mar. 11. 



The Aboriginal American Tea. 



Commenting on my recent query as to any recent use of Ceano- 

 thiis Americaniis as a substitute for China tea. Professor W. J. 

 McGee of the United States Geological Survey writes me: — 



" Your little note in a current number of Science on aboriginal 

 tea is before me. The eastern portion of the Great Plains, in- 

 cluding Iowa, Illinois, and parts at least of Missouri, Minnesota, 

 and Wisconsin, is a favorite habitat of the so-calleJ "red root" or 

 ■"red-root tea" (Ceanothus Americanus); and during war times, 

 when the prices of tea and coffee were prohibitory, so far at least 



as first settlers in that country were concerned, many substitutes 

 were employed. The common substitute for tea was the red-root, 

 and it was very largely used in this way. The commonest sub- 

 stitute for coffee was rye, usually mixed with a small quantity of 

 the coffee berry, both roasted and browned in the usual way. I 

 should say, perhaps, that the identification of Ceanothus Ameri-_ 

 canus is partly ray own and may possibly be erroneous." 



I hope we may have other such interesting and valuable re- 

 plies. Jed. Hotchkiss. 



Staunton, Va. 



The Date of Discovery of the Galapagos Islands. 



I AM inlebted to Dr. H. Wichmann, the editor of Petermann' s 

 Mitteihmgen, for an answer to my question in Science of Jan. 15, 

 1893: "At what time were the Galapag03 Islands discovered?" 

 Dr. H. Wichmann kindly calls my attention to a paper on the 

 history of discovery of the Galapagos Islands, by Timenez de la 

 Espada, published in Boletin de la Sociedad Oeogr. de Madrid, 

 Oct.-Dec, 1891., XXXI., Nos. 4-6. From this it is evident. Dr. 

 Wichmann writes, that the discovery of the islands, " Archipelago 

 Encantado," was made the 10th of March, 1535, by Fray Tomas 

 de Berlanga, Bishop of Castilla del Oro, whose report is printed 

 in the paper. G. Baur. 



Clark University, Worcester, Mass., Mar. 14. 



CALENDAR- OF SOCIETIES. 



Philosophical Society, Washington. 



Mar. 12. — B. Pickman Mann, An At- 

 tempted Solutionof a Social Problem ; Alex. 

 S Christie, Remarks on the Diurnal Varia- 

 tion of the Barometer; G. M. Searle, On a 

 Simple Form of a Double Image Microme- 

 ter. 



Society of Natural History, Boston. 



Mar. 16. — J. Walter Fewkes, The Moki 

 Snake Dance. 



Oriental Club, Philadelphia. 



Mar. 17. — Cyrus Adler, An Account of his 

 Eecent Travels in the East. 



Publications received at Editor's Office. 



Colbert, E. Humanity in its Origin and Early 



Growth. Chicago, Open Court Pub.' Co. 12° 



409 p. $1.50. 

 HooGEWEEFF, J. A, Magnetic Observations at ths 



U. S, Naval Observatory. Washington, Govern 



ment. 4°. Paper. 99 p. 

 Marsh, C. C. Report upon some of tlie Magnetic 



Observatories of Europe. Washington, Govern 



ment. 4°. Paper. 37 p. 

 V. S. NAViL Observatory. Meteorological Obsi 



vatlons and Results, 1883-1887. Washington, 



Government. 4°. Paper. 261 p. 

 TJ. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. Results o] 



Magnetic Observations at Los Angeles, Call 



fornia, 1882-1 8S9. Part I. Washington, Govern 



ment. 4°. Paper. 42 p. 

 Early Expeditions to the Region of Bering Sea 



and Strait. Washington, Government. 



Paper. 14 p. 

 International Geodetic Association, Ninth Con. 



ference. Washington, Government. 4°. Paper 



12 p. 

 Notes on an Early Chart of Long Island Sound 



Washington, Goverumont. 4°. Paper. 4 p. 

 On an Approximate Method of Computing Prob 



able Error. On the Determination by Least 



Squares of the Relation between two Variables 



Washington, Government. 4°. Paper. 16 p. 

 On the tJse of Observations of Currents for Pre 



diction Purposes. Washington, Government 



4°. Paper. 12 p. 

 The National Phototypes of the Standard Metre 



and Kilogramme. Washington, Government 



4°. Paper. 83 p. 

 The Relation of the Yard to the Metre. Wash- 

 ington, Government. 4°. Paper. 5 p. 

 Tides at Sandy Hook. Observed and Predicted 



Times and Heights during the year 18S9. Wash 



ington. Government. 4°. Paper. 10 p. 

 'Whymper, Edward. Travels amongst the Great 



Andes of the Equator: with Supplementary Ap 



pendix. New York; Charles Scribner's Sons. 8° 



2 vols. Pp. 486, 175. 



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