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by the present system (so admirably adapted to agricultural 
lands), with the additional advantage of obtaining an accurate 
map without additional cost. 
The triangulation part of the Geodetic Survey, with the recon- 
— for progressive work, executed the Coast Geodetic 
work with that first mentioned, there will be formed a complete 
basis for the extension of the triangulation over every State and 
Territory except Alaska. It thus appears that no new organiza- 
tion is required, but simply the extension of one already in exist- 
ence, familiar with the work, and conducted by experienced and 
skilled persons. 
early as 
ence, would not, except in cases of the large towns, exceed seven 
triangulation and that part of the topography required to deline- 
ate the characteristic forms of the country, including the streams ; 
the State to execute the remainder of the topographical detail 
Tequired for its own purposes. In such case the cost to the State 
would not exceed three cents per acre. To this an exception 
must be made in cases of large towns, where the surveys might be 
required on large scales; the cost would then be determined by 
the scale of the work. 
It is to be hoped, in consideration of the vast importance to the 
country of a comprehensive survey of its area, that this session of 
Congress will not close without the passage of a law carrying 
fully into effect the plan recommended by the National Academy 
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departure and a new hope of increased 
people. EDS. 
Arctic Voyages of Adolf Erik Nordenskibld, 1858- 
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1879, with illustrations and maps. 447 pp. 8vo. London, 1879. 
(Macmillan & Co.)—The general interest that has recently been 
