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Capt. Pirn, who accorded them a hearty welcome. They drove to a hotel, and 

 shortly afterwards were waited upon by a deputation from the British Association, 

 and conducted to McGill University. Lieut. Greely seemed suffering greatly 

 from the fatigue of the journey to this city. 



When Greely entered the hall he was immediately surrounded and welcomed 

 in an impressive manner by Sir Henry Lefroy. Sir Henry said he as well as all 

 geographers and scientific men of Great Britain and the whole of Europe had 

 followed with great interest the efforts made to relieve his party, and hailed with 

 the keenest dehght their rescue. Lieutenant Greely, in reply, remarked that he 

 was delighted at being invited by the British Association and at attending, and 

 only wished he could do more than he would be able to do. He would, of 

 course, connect himself with the geograpical section principally, and would con- 

 tribute some of the results of the expedition. In reply to Sir Henry's inquiries, 

 Lieutenant Greely stated that the meteorological observations had not been re- 

 duced. In an animated manner he proceeded to speak of some of the work done 

 by the expedition. One of the most interesting results will be a comparison of 

 the swinging of the pendulum, at the furthest point north reached, with that at 

 Washington. He explained that although most of their instruments had to be 

 abandoned, the pendulum apparatus, which weighed ninety pounds, was brought 

 back and has been sent to Washington. He remarked with evident pride that 

 he had told his party that the pendulum was a very important instrument, but 

 that if one man of the twenty-five complained he would abandon it. None 

 would hear to this, and a very important comparison is thus made possible. 

 Speaking of observations of temperature, he stated that the lowest temperature 

 ever recorded was that experienced in February last, when the mean tempera- 

 ture was 50° below zero. 



" On Friday Lieut. Greely read a paper on Arctic exploration in the section 

 of Geography. His presence attracted a vast throng. Lieut. Ray was present 

 and partook in the discussion. Lieut. Greely said the tides from the North Pole 

 were warmer than those from the South, and he favored the existence of a north 

 polar sea. 



"In the section of Anthropology, Mr. F. H. Gushing read a paper on the 

 development of industrial art among the Zunis of New Mexico. Mr. Gushing, 

 joined the tribe of the Zunis in order to find out their secrets. 



" He was keenly observant, and he shows a series of remarkable diagrams,, 

 explaining the result of these observations. The Zunis live chiefly in the desert, 

 and anything they grow they produce by irrigation. Their pueblos or towns are 

 built of mud and fragments of stone. Mr. Gushing has prepared a great number 

 of elaborate pictures, showing their works of pottery, which includes a great 

 number of curious designs. All their present examples had their origin in the 

 rude necessities of a rude life. Gradually, as though by process of evoli!tion, 

 they assumed conventional shapes, and, in the course of time, conventional de- 

 coration was added. The rude vessels, at one time subservient only to daily 

 wants, had a symbolic character given to them, and many of them now served 



