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cases these maps are prepared for students' use by mounting 

 together a group of sheets, representing some chosen district. 

 Besides many examples that might be mentioned from our own 

 country, the following may be cited from abroad : the longitu- 

 dinal forms of the Austrian coast of the Adriatic, the transverse 

 forms of the coast of southwestern Ireland, the straight-lined 

 coast of southwestern France, the dissected plateau of north- 

 western France, the rugged highlands of Scotland, the lacustrine 

 lowland of Finland, the fluviatile plain of Hungary, etc. It is 

 found in teaching that these large-scale maps supply an essential 

 supplement to even the best physical wall maps, such as Kiepert's. 

 The latter show the general form of a country as a whole, yet 

 they fail to represent its physical features with exactness ; but 

 the former remedy this deficiency, and enable the student to recog- 

 nize almost the smallest details of geographical form. Their use 

 has greatly improved the quality of our teaching. It is believed 

 that the knowledge of the value of accurate maps thus gained by 

 our students will contribute to establishing an interest in the con- 

 tinued preparation of accurate and large-scale maps of our own 

 country. 



The advanced course in Physical Geography and Meteorology is, 

 as in previous years, still carried on chiefly through informal class 

 conferences, but partly also in individual meetings. This course 

 was attended by eleven students, of whom five were Graduates 

 and five Seniors. The subjects studied were : the physical features 

 of Missouri, Arkansas, and North Carolina, by Messrs. Clendenin, 

 Griswold, and Harris, based on personal observation in these 

 States, as well as on a review of what has been written about them ; 

 the physical features of Middle England, by Mr. Moore ; the devel- 

 opment of river terraces, by Mr. Dodge ; the features of our eastern 

 coast line, by Mr. Hill ; foreign studies of thunder-storms, by Mr. 

 Ward ; maps of annual and seasonal temperature anomalies, by 

 Mr. Batchelder, and of equal annual temperature ranges, by Mr. 

 Connolly, these being based on Buchan's "Challenger" charts. 

 Mention may be made in this connection of two models constructed 

 under my direction by Mr. Gulliver ; one showing the Newtonville 

 glacial sand-plain in its present condition, and the other restor- 

 ing it as it presumably existed in the closing stages of the glacial 

 period. Some of the essays prepared by these students will be 

 published during the coming year. 



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