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and surf in the region of Nahant, Massachusetts. The lec- 

 ture by Herbert J. Spinden, "Our Debt to Ancient American 

 Civilizations," called particular attention to the fact that more 

 than half of our agricultural products are direct gifts from the 

 American Indian. Mr. Leo E. Miller, "With Camera and Gun 

 Through Western Colombia," dealt with Antioquia, a region 

 of diversified physical characters and an unusually rich field 

 for the naturalist. 



The autumn course for members included the following lec- 

 tures : Donald B. MacMillan, "The Search ior Crocker Land." 

 Mr. MacMillan had spent four years in the Arctic as leader of 

 the Crocker Land Expedition organized by The American 

 Museum of Natural History, The American Geographical So- 

 ciety and The University of Illinois. His narrative gave an 

 account of the perils and disappointments of Arctic travel, and 

 an intimate picture of the Cape York Eskimo, the most north- 

 erly inhabitants of the world. A. Radclyffe Dugmore, "The 

 Romance of the Beaver and the Caribou," covered observa- 

 tions of a series of years. Captain Dugmore has seen service 

 in France, where he was "gassed" in the battle of the Somme 

 and invalided home. Frank M. Chapman, "The Southern 

 Andes," concluded the story of the natural history reconnais- 

 sance made by him in South America in 19 16. Dr. Chapman 

 also established relations with the museums in the principal 

 cities through which the expedition passed. Roy C. Andrews, 

 "The Frontiers of a Forbidden Land," gave an account of the 

 Asiatic Zoological Expedition's journey through southern and 

 southwestern China, the mountains of the Tibetan frontier, the 

 Burma border, the little known native tribes, and of conditions in 

 the interior of China, illustrated by motion pictures and colored 

 lantern slides from photographs taken by Mrs. Andrews. 



The ninth and tenth series of Nature Stories for the Chil- 

 dren of Members were given in 191 7. In the spring course, 



Mr. Robert C. Murphy gave a lecture en- 

 Children of^embers titled " Amon §" the Penguins of South 



Georgia," and in the autumn course Mr. 

 Roy Chapman Andrews told of "The Children of the Far 

 East." 



