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one of the most pretentious scientific enterprises in which the 

 government has ever engaged. It is a matter for congratulation 

 that, in the activity in exploration of the seas now being exhibited 

 by the British, German, French, Dutch, and Norwegian govern- 

 ments, the United States will participate under such favorable 

 auspices and be represented by a scientist of such wide expe- 

 rience in deep-sea investigation as Professor Agassiz. 



GEOGRAPHICAL CONGRESS AT BERLIN 



The delegates of the National Geographic Society to the Sev- 

 enth International Geographical Congress, which will be held 

 at Berlin from Thursday, September 28, to Wednesday, October 

 4, under the auspices of " die Gesellschaft fur Erdkunde zu Ber- 

 lin," are as follows : Dr Alexander Graham Bell, President of the 

 Society; Gen. A. W. Greely, U. S. A., also designated by President 

 McKinley to represent the United States government ; Hon. 

 Andrew D. White, U. S. Ambassador to Germany ; Prof. Willis 

 L. Moore, Chief of the Weather Bureau ; Miss Eliza Ruhamah 

 Scidmore, Foreign Secretary of the Society ; Mr Marcus Baker, of 

 the U. S. Geological Survey; Dr L. A. Bauer, of the U. S. Coast 

 and Geodetic Survey, and Prof. Wm M. Davis, of Harvard 

 University . 



Antarctic exploration will occupy the most prominent place 

 in the deliberations, for Captain Drygalski and Dr Neumayer 

 and Sir Clements Markham will earnestly strive for the definite 

 cooperation of the German and British expeditions that are to 

 be sent out in the autumn of 1901. Prof. Penck, of Vienna, 

 will reopen the discussion of his proposed map of the world on 

 a scale of 1 : 1,030,000, which at the last Congress, in London, 

 1896, was referred to a committee for report at this meeting. In 

 the section of physical geography Prof. Wm. M. Davis will con- 

 tribute a paper on The Geographical Cycle, and also one on 

 Land Forms due to Glacial Erosion, while Poultney Bigelow, 

 under the head of political geography, will discuss Colonial 

 Government in different parts of the World. Other papers will 

 be contributed by Prof. Supan, Sir John Murray, Prof. Wagner, 

 Dr Oscar Lenz, the Prince of Monaco, Dr Futterer, and Miss 

 L. A. Owen, of St Joseph, Mo. The committee in charge of the 

 Congress have arranged for a delightful series of excursions to 

 places of geographic interest within a day's reach of Berlin. 



