Geographic Notes 



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Mechanicville ; post-office and village, Sara- 

 toga County, New York (not Mechanics- 

 ville). (This is a reversal of the decision 

 Mechanicsville, rendered by the Board 

 April 4, 1900.) 



Rabbit ; creek, Ferry County, Washington 

 (not Nine Mile). 



Samganuda ; bay indenting the eastern shore 

 of Unalaska, eastern Aleutians, Alaska 

 (not English). 



Sanpoil ; lake and river, Ferry County, Wash- 

 ington ( not Rowena nor San Poil ) . 



Sigak ; cape, the north point of Akutan Island, 

 eastern Aleutians, Alaska (not North 

 Head). 



St. Helens ; mountain, in Skamania County, 

 Washington (not St. Helen). 



St. Peter ; creek and flat, Ferry County, Wash- 

 ington (not Rock). 



St. Vrain ; creek and precinct, Weld County, 

 Colorado (not St. Vrains). 



Tanaskan ; bay, indenting the southern shore 

 of Beaver Bay, Unalaska, eastern Aleu- 

 tians, Alaska (not Macks nor Taneska). 



Tangik ; islet, near the eastern shore of Akun 

 Island, Krenitzin group, eastern Aleutians, 

 Alaska (not Waverly). 



Tanginak ; islet, east of Akun Island, in Uni- 

 mak Pass, Alaska (not Breed nor Propa- 

 gation ) . 



Teroda ; creek and mountain, in Ferry and 

 Okanogan Counties, Washington (not Tar- 

 rota nor Toroda). 



Ugalgan ; island, near the easternmost p.oint 

 of Unalaska, eastern Aleutians, Alaska 

 (not Egg, Gagalgin, Iachnoi, Jaitschoi, 

 Kigalgin, nor Orieshik). 



Unalaska ; bay, indenting the northeastern 

 shore of Unalaska Island, eastern Aleu- 

 tians, Alaska (not Captains). 



Urilia ; bay, on the northern coast of Unimak, 

 eastern Aleutians, Alaska (not Shag nor 

 Shaw). 



Usof , bay, indenting the southeastern shore 

 of Unalaska, eastern Aleutians, Alaska 

 (not Whalebone). 



Wallkill ; river, in Ulster and Orange Coun- 

 ties, New York (not Wall Kill). 



Witchcoat ; point, Back River, Baltimore 

 County, Maryland (not Witch coate). 



THE LATEST MAP OF SOUTHERN 

 CALIFORNIA 



THE United States Geological Sur- 

 vey has just issued the first of a 

 series of three map sheets which will 

 cover the region in California extending 

 from San Diego to Santa Barbara, in- 

 cluding the adjacent mountain ranges, 



and will form a map of the whole south- 

 ern portion of the state. 



Sheet No. 1, which has lately been 

 issued, is compiled from 23 atlas sheets 

 of the U. S. Geological Survey. It 

 comprises within its limits the San Ga- 

 briel Timber-land Reserve, the San Ber- 

 nardino Forest Reserve, the Trabuco^ 

 Canyon Forest Reserve, and parts of 

 the San Jacinto, Pine Mountain, and 

 Zaca Fake Forest Reserves. It con- 

 tains all of Orange County, the greater 

 part of Fos Angeles County, and por- 

 tions of Riverside and San Bernardino 

 counties. It includes all of what may 

 be termed the Great Valley of Southern 

 California, extending from Los Angeles 

 to the vicinity of San Bernardino, as 

 well as the mountains which are the 

 source of the waters that irrigate its 

 orchards and farms. These map sheets, 

 which are listed by the Geological Sur- 

 vey at 10 cents each, are 21 by 33 

 inches and are drawn on a scale of 

 about four miles to the inch. The re- 

 lief of the country is shown by contour 

 lines. 



EXPEDITIONS IN THE ARCTIC AND 

 ANTARCTIC 



LIEUT. ROBERT E. PEARY is 

 now leading his last campaign to 

 gain the North Pole. He probably 

 started from Cape Hecla some weeks 

 ago, and is now well on his way north. 

 The Peary auxiliary steamer, under 

 command of Mr. H. F. Bridgman, will 

 leave Sidney, N. S., about the middle 

 of June to carry supplies to Peary and 

 to bring him home. 



The Baldwin auxiliary expedition 

 will sail from Tromsb, Norway, on July 

 1. The expedition will be in charge of 

 W. S. Champ, secretary to William 

 Ziegler, who is Mr. Baldwin's financial 

 backer. 



No news has now been had of Sver- 

 drup since 1899. It is generally believed 

 he is among the Parry Islands. Con- 



