﻿U. 
  S. 
  Geol. 
  Survey. 
  

  

  VOL. 
  XLIX. 
  JANUARY, 
  1895. 
  

  

  Established 
  by 
  BENJAMIN 
  SILLIMAN 
  in 
  1818. 
  

  

  THE 
  

  

  AMERICAN 
  

  

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  SCIENCE. 
  

  

  EDITORS 
  

  

  JAMES 
  D. 
  and 
  EDWARD 
  S. 
  DANA. 
  

  

  ASSOCIATE 
  EDITORS 
  

  

  Professors 
  GEO. 
  L. 
  GOODALE, 
  JOHN 
  TROWBRIDGE 
  

   and 
  HENRY 
  P. 
  BOWDITCH, 
  of 
  Cambridge. 
  

  

  Professors 
  H. 
  A. 
  NEWTON, 
  O. 
  C. 
  MARSH, 
  A. 
  E. 
  VERRILL 
  

   and 
  H. 
  S. 
  WILLIAMS, 
  of 
  New 
  Haven, 
  

  

  Professor 
  GEORGE 
  F. 
  BARKER, 
  of 
  Philadelphia. 
  

  

  THIRD 
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  YOL. 
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  CXLIX.] 
  

  

  No. 
  289.— 
  JANUARY, 
  1895. 
  

  

  NEW 
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  DANA. 
  

  

  1895. 
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