1878.] : Scientific News. 495 
= nia, to which post he had been assigned by Prof. Whitney. He 
made extensive geological and geographical explorations along 
the west coast, California, Oregon and Nevada; he also engaged in 
a survey of the peninsula of Lower California, of which it is said 
he made the most accurate map extant. His principal work, 
however, was his explorations in Costa Rica, and especially Santo 
Domingo, to the topography and geology of which he had given 
much study, and the results of which he embodied in his quarto 
report published by the American Philosophical Society. Numerous 
_ other papers on the secondary fossils of the United States, Santo 
Domingo’and Peru were contributed by him to the Proceedings 
and Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences and to the 
Transactions and Proceedings of,,the American Philosophical 
Society. American science sustains a severe loss in his death in 
the departments in which he labored, and to which he had con- 
tributed upwards of fifty papers up to the time of his death. 
= North Mountain Camp of Physical Culture,so success- 
fully established by Dr. J. T. Rothrock in 1876, and continued 
ast summer by Messrs. Taylor and Frank, will be open during 
the coming, months of July and August, and will be conducted 
upon the same general plan as that of previous years. 
_ The primary object of the Camp-School is physical culture. No 
stated lessons from books will be required, nor will close mental 
application be allowed, though a part of each day will be devoted 
to instruction, which will consist of lessons in Geology, Botany, 
General Natural History and Drawing from Nature. 
The location of the camp is near a mountain lake in the south- 
astern part of Sullivan Co., Pa., at an altitude of over two thou- 
sand feet above tide. 
As a rule, boys from twelve to seventeen years of age only will 
__ be admitted, though in exceptional cases it may be found proper 
_ to admit others. 
For the term of two months the charge is $100. This includes 
boarding, washing and tuition. While it is desirable that pupils 
remain during the entire term, they will be received for-any part 
of the term, and will be charged in proportion to the time spent 
in camp. In all cases, however, one-half of the sum must be 
paid on entering, and the remainder when the pupil begins the 
latter half of his term, of whatever length it is decided that 
Shall be. 
i The better route to reach the camp is by the Lackawanna and 
i Bloomsburg Railroad to Shickshinny, and thence by stage to the 
North Mountain House. 
For further information address L. H. Taylor, University of 
- Pennsylvania, Box 2838, Philadelphia, prior to July 1, 1878; after 
that, Shickshinny, Luzerne Co., Penna. 
— The Bridgeport Scientific Society was organized last year 
with H. N. Powers, D.D., president, and Clarence Sterling, cura- 
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