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XATIOXAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY: 
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 
SOCIETY, SESSION i 895-’96 
Special Meeting, October 11, lS9o. — President Hut>bard in the chair. Vice- 
l^resident Greely delivered an address on The Si.vth International Geo- 
graphical Congress, London, 1895. 
Special Meeting, October 25, 1895. — President Iluhhard in the chair. Mr 
Ernest Flagg, Architect of tlie new Corcoran Art Gallery and of the Wash- 
ington Episcopal Cathedral, read a paj)er, illustrated hy lantern slides, on 
The Development of the Mediteval Cathedral. 
Regular Meeting. Xovemberl, 1895. — Vice-President Gannett in the chair. 
Vice-President Ogden addressed the Society, giving a narrative of explo- 
rations on the isthmus of Darien. 
Special Meeting, Xovember 8, /^.95. — President Iluhhard in the chair. 
]\Iajor Alfred F. Sears, C. E., read a paper, illustrated hy lantern slides, 
on The Geographic Conditions that Create Great Commercial Centers. 
Regular Meeting, Xovember 15, 1895. — Vice-President Gannett in the 
chair. General topic : The H vdrography of the United States, divided as 
follows: Hydrographic Investigations, hy 5Ir F. II. >»ewell. Chief Hy- 
drographer, L". S. Geological Survey; The Work of the Weather Bureau 
relating to Hydrography, hy Prof. W. L. Moore, Chief of the Bureau ; 
Stream Measurements in the West, hy 5Ir A. P. Davis; Hydnjgraphic 
Studies in the .\ppalachian Area, hy Mr C. C. Bahh, and Hydrography 
of the Xavigiihle Waters, hy ]\Ir Marcus Baker. Each paper was illus- 
trated l)y maps and diagrams. 
Special Meeting, Xovember 22, 1895. — President Huhhard in the chair. 
5Ir E. L. Corthell, D. Sc., C. E., read a paper, illustrated by lantern slides, 
on The Tehuantepec Route. 
Regular Meeting, Xovember 29, i59.5. —President Hubbard in the chair. 
;Mr Marcus Baker read a paper on Alaska and her Boundary, illustrating 
his remarks hy a series of historical maps. The discussion that followed 
was participated in hy Hon. .1. R. Procter, Gen. A. W. Greely, and Dr 
AV. H. Dali. 
Special Meeting, December 6, 1895. — President Hubbard iu the chair. 
Mr C. M. Ffoulke read a paper on The Tapestry-Producing Nations, and 
exhibited a number of tyjjical i)ieces of tapestry from his valuable col- 
lection. 
Regular Meeting, December 1.3, 1895. — Vice-President Dabney in the 
chair. Dr C. Hart Merriam read a paper on The Life of the Desert, 
with special reference to the fauna of the desert regions of the United 
States. Dr ^lerriam illustrated his remarks hy means of a number of 
skins and of stuffed animals and birds; also hy lantern slides of animals 
and of desert scenery. 
