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by each method, or a total of eighteen estimates on the elevation 
of the peak. The two results agree within 44.7 feet. 
P. M. Williamson. Guyot. 
Portland, Oregon 1:00 12,459.8 12,413.5 
2:00 12,457.7 12,412.4 
3:00 12,495.3 12,449.8 
Mean 12,470.9 12,425.2- 
Seattle, Washington 1:00 12,427.8 12,382.6 
2:00 12,414.4 12,.369.2 
3:00 12,458.1 12,411.8 
Mean 12,433.4 12,387.9- 
Eugene, Oregon 1:00 12,436.6 12,393.8 
2:00 12,414.0 12,371.1 
3:00 12,455.7 12,412.6 
Mean 12,4.35.4 12, .392.5 
Grand mean 12,446.6 12,401.9 
The mean of these two estimates, 12,446.6 and 12,401.9, is 12,424.2. 
Trout Lake and iMonntain View Camp. — An estimate based on 
observations made before the climb gives the following eleva- 
tions : 
Trout lake (camp at Wagnitz place) 1,854 feet. 
^Mountain View camp (snow line, July 10, 1895) 5,714 feet. 
GEOGRAPHIC LITERATURE 
Archeological Studies among the Ancient Cities of Mexico. Part I : l\Ionu- 
ments of Yucatan. By William H. Holmes. Pp. 137, with 18 plates. 
Chicago, 1895. 
This is the eighth publication of the Field Columbian IMuseum and the 
first of the Anthropological series. It opens with an itinerary of tlie 
voyage of the yaclit /Omu (tlie property of i\Ir Allison A'. Armour), which 
sailed fromXew York December 16, 1894, and reached the coast of A'ucatan 
a fortnight later, carrying a scientific party lieaded l>y Professor Holmes ; 
and thereafter, for two months, the services of the vessel and the energies 
of the party were devoted to researches in the land of ancient cities. 
Ever since the compiest Yucatan has been noteil for ruins of astonishing 
magnificence, and the names c>f the ancient cities, Palemiueand Chichen- 
Itza and Uxmal, an? hanlly less known than those of ))iesent population 
centers. 8te|»hens, Maudslay, Bandelier, Charnay, and other archeolo- 
gists have drawn on the rich store of records of ancient culture allorded 
by these citic'S, and the liC IMong(*ons, husband and wife, have made 
voluminous collections ainl evolved curious speculations amid the ruins ; 
and mnv a well-known archcohjgist and artist has traversed this singu- 
