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the committee. 
men and animals. 
General Mosquera, Minister of the United States of Columbia to Great 
Britain, at the invitation of the President, addressed a few remarks to 
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the meeting in English, in which he described the efforts which the 
to survey various parts of New Granada, confirmed the statements of 
Mr. Oliphant with regard to the geography of the Isthmus. As to the 
cautions. 
Mr. Gerstenberg reviewed the capabilities of the various routes which 
had been proposed for a ship canal, and gave his reasons for preferrin 
complete the examination of this region.—/teader, : 
_ 1. Walker Prizes, Boston Society © Natural History.—tThe follow- 
ing prizes were founded by the late Dr. William J. Walker, for the best 
Memoirs, in the English peta ty subjects proposed by a committee » 
appointed by the Council of the Boston Society of Natural History. 
- first and second are to be awarded annually; the third, once in five years, . 
_ beginning with 1870. 
First—For the best memoir presented, a prize of sixty dollars may be 
awarded. If, however, the memoir be one of marked merit, the amount 
awarded may be increased to one hundred dollars, at the discretion of 
