464 The American Naturalist. [May, 
GLACIAL REsEARCHES.—Every scientific member of the four Peary 
expeditions gives his hearty endorsement of the plans for next sum- 
mer’s campaign. Professor T. C. Chamberlin, head Professor of Geol- 
ogy in the University of Chicago, and a member of the expedition of 
1894, writes of the special advantages offered for glacial researches : 
“The more I work upon the results gathered last summer, the more 
I congratulate myself upon having made the trip. The results grow 
constantly upon me, both in respect of their instructiveness and their 
fundamental importance. Surely no field is likely to be found which 
throws clearer light upon the problems of glaciology than the northern 
portion of Greenland. The facilities for study there presented are 
truly remarkable. The ends and sides of the glaciers are truncated, 
revealing their internal nature and their methods of work to a degree 
that could not well be anticipated.” 
- On Bowdoin Bay, in Inglefield Gulf, Professor Chamberlin found, 
last summer, nine glaciers of varying forms and habits, within a half 
dozen miles. It is hardly possible to find any point north of Cape 
York where glaciers and ice-caps, profitable for study, are not near at 
hand. 
ZooLocicaL WorKk.—The study of marine life should be pursued 
upon a systematic plan. The results obtained by the Peary Auxiliary 
Expedition of 1894, clearly indicate that this work may be carried on 
with profit, and that large additions may be made to our knowledge of 
marine forms of Arctic life. Mr. C. E. Hite, of the University of 
Pennsylvania, a member of the Peary Auxiliary Expedition of 1892, 
says that the dredging results were remarkable for variety and inter- 
est. Professor Chamberlin says that, in his opinion, the glacial and 
biological lines in particular, may be worked harmoniously together. 
Not a few of our museums desire specimens of walrus, with which these 
waters abound. In 1893, Mr. Peary secured over twenty of these ani- 
mals in a few days’ hunt. White whale, seal, narwhal, reindeer, 
Arctic hare, blue fox, birds of various kinds, and insects, may also be 
procured. 
ETHNOLOGICAL Srupres.—The Anthropologist can hardly experi- 
ence anything more instructive than first contact with the native or 
pure Eskimos, who, by isolation, have been preserved, in all respects, 
as the most primitive of human beings. They are to be found only in 
an almost inaccessible district of East Greenland and along the coast 
line, soon to be visited, between Cape York and Inglefield Gulf. 
Ethnological collections of great interest may be made at almost every 
point. The materials furnished by these people would equip a full 
ward in any Ethnological Museum; and here the primitive phase of 
