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Albert Nyanza, and in Dr. Behm’s Monatsbericht in the October 
Mittheilungen, it is announced that the Swedish Mission Society, 
assisted by a wealthy English gentleman, proposes also to estab- 
lish a station at Fatiko, northeast of the lake. The latest ex- 
plorations have considerably reduced the dimensions of the Albert 
Nyanza. omolo Gessi placed its southern limit at 0° 50’ N. lat. 
Stanley E BARRES the Beatrice Gulf at about 0° 25’ N. lat., and 
believes it to be à portion of a hitherto unknown body of water— 
the Muta Nzige,and not connected with the Albert. Col. Mason 
ey, who last circumnavigated the Albert Lake, shows that its 
shape is different, and its dimensions even smaller than were sup- 
posed by Gessi. His compass survey was checked by four astro- 
nomical observations. The lake is rectangular, not elliptical, in 
shape, and Mason Bey places its southern limit at N. lat. 1° 10’. 
Both Gessi and Mason Bey agree that no large river diehard 
itself into the lake at its southern extremity, nor is there any 
communication with any other large lake. The Atheneum notices 
some views put forth on the subject by an Italian geographer, 
who suggests that the Albert Nyanza is simply a back water or 
reservoir of the Murchison or Victoria Nile, which would account 
for the varying dimensions of the lake. The Atheneum also 
doubts if the supposed isolation of the Tanganyika from the basin 
of the Albert is yet satisfactorily proved. 
SUMMARY OF THE FIELD WORK OF THE UNITED STATES GEO- 
LOGICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL SURVEY OF THE TERRITORIES, UNDER 
Pror. F. V. HAYDEN, DURING THE SEASON OF 1878. —During the 
past season the work of the United States Geological and Geo- 
graphical Survey, under the direction of Prof. F. V. Hayden, was 
continued northward into portions of Wyoming and Montana 
Territories. The usual appropriation for the survey was not 
passed by Congress until July, rendering the field season very 
short, yet the results were of considerable magnitude and of much 
importance. 
e survey proper was aviadi into four parties, one of which 
was devoted to the extension of the primary triangulation to the 
northward, two were engaged in topographic and geologic work, 
and the fourth performed photographic and special geologic duty. 
the parties left the Union Pacific Railroad from Point of 
Rocks and Green River Stations about July 25, and proceeded 
northward toward the Yellowstone National Park. Tothe second 
division was assigned the duty of making an exhaustive survey 
of the park and its surroundings, and to the third the exploration 
of the Wind River range and the Snake River country. e 
primary triangulation was extended over about twelve tħousand 
square miles. Eight rimary stations were occupied, among them 
Wind River, Fremont’s and Grand Teton Peaks, which are among 
the most difficult and hazardous of ascent on the continent. This 
division would have P double this amount of work aa = : 
