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The latest advices are that on July 11. when in latitude 77° N. 

 and 170 miles south of Franz Josef Land, the Frithyof found 

 heavy pack-ice barring the way. She afterward proceeded west- 

 ward to Prince Charles Land, to the east of Spitzbergen. 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 

 SOCIETY, SESSION i897-'q8 



Special Meeting, February 28, 1898. — President A. Graham Bell in the 

 chair. Mr Bailey Willis gave an illustrated lecture on the Appalachian 

 Region, describing the influence of the topography upon the migrations 

 into and through the great valley of Virginia. 



Special Meeting, March 4, 1898. — President A. Graham Bell in the chair. 

 Mrs J. Howard Gore gave an illustrated lecture on Picturesque Sweden. 



Special Meeting, March 7, 1898. — President A. Graham Bell in the chair. 

 Rev. Randolph H. McKim, D. D., gave an illustrated lecture on Tide- 

 water Virginia in the Olden Time. 



Regular Meeting , March 11, 1898. — President A. Graham Bell in the chair. 

 Mr F. V. Coville gave an illustrated lecture on The Cascade Mountains of 

 Oregon. 



Special Meeting, March 14, 1898. — President A. Graham Bell in the chair. 

 Mr Edward Eggleston delivered an address on The Development of the 

 Early Colonies and the Influence of Geographic Environment upon the 

 Character of the Population and their Industries. 



Annual Reception, March 16, 1898. — The Annual Reception of the Society 

 was held in the new building of the Corcoran Gallery of Art, from 8 to 

 10 o'clock p. m. President A. Graham Bell, with the ladies of the Re- 

 ception Committee, received the members and guests of the Society, to 

 the number of 700. 



Special Meeting, March 18, 1898. — President A. Graham Bell in the chair. 

 Capt. Z. L. Tanner, U. S. N., gave an illustrated lecture on Bering Sea 

 and the Explorations made during the Voyage of the Steamer Albatross. 



Special Meeting, March 21, 1898. — President A. Graham Bell in the chair. 

 Hon. John R. Procter, President of the Civil Service Commission, gave 

 an illustrated lecture on The Blue Grass Country of Kentucky. 



Regular Meeting, March 25, 1898.— President A. Graham Bell in the chair. 

 Col. F. F. Hilder delivered an illustrated lecture on The Afghan Frontier 

 .and the Punjab, after which Mr Hira Singh Puri made an address on the 

 Sikh people. 



Special Meeting, March 28, 1898. —President A. Graham Bell in the chair. 

 Judge R. S. Taylor, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, gave an illustrated lecture 

 on The Lower Mississippi River. 



