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of my vases have quadrangular inscriptions, of which I have not yet 

 had time to make photographs. Lately the Globus published ac- 

 counts of several of my smaller expeditions, accompanied by some 

 twenty photographical illustrations which you may perhaps see in the 

 Globus, Nos. 16 and 18, for 1895. 



Some days ago, an earthen vessel, full of little implements of worked 

 stone, was found at a hacienda near Ticul. I have been promised the 

 specimens, and will communicate with you in case they turn out to be 

 of interest. From the cave of Loltun, I have several very good photo- 

 graphs Lol = Bejuco, the Haytian name for hanging plants (the 

 name Vana is not used in Mexico) ; tun = stone ; Loltun = stalactites 

 = hanging stones or stones like hanging plants. 



I shall be glad to publish, from time to time, in American scientific 

 or popular journals, small articles describing my Yucateckan discover- 

 ies, and when my present work of enlarging photographic negatives is 

 finished, shall be ready to prepare for you a series of accounts of my 

 work, accompanied by the necessary celluloid positives from which it 

 is easy to make reversed negatives for the photolithographic process. 



Next year I shall return to the States of Tabasco and Chiapas, 

 where I have still to explore several entirely unknown ruins hidden in 

 the wilderness occupied by the Lacandones Indians. 



— Theobert Maler. 



Ticul, November 20, 1895. 



SCIENTIFIC NEWS. 

 The Biological Station of the University of Illinois is first to issue 

 its circular for the summer of 1896. The station staff is composed of 

 Professor S. A. Forbes, Director; Dr. C. A. Kofoid, Superintendent ; 

 Frank Smith and Adolph Hempell, Zoological Assistants; Dr. A. W. 

 Palmer and C. V. Millar, Chemists; C. A. Hart, Entomologist and B. 

 M. Duggar, Botanist. The station is situated upon the Illinois River 

 near Havana, 111., and is equipped with every facility for collection 

 and study. There is a floating laboratory sixty feet long and twenty 

 wide, a steam launch, licensed to carry 17 persons, and all the necessary 

 supplies of tables, microscopes, aquaria, nets, chemicals, etc., as well as 

 a specially selected library. As there are accommodations for only 16 

 in addition to the station staff, applications for the coming summer will 

 be received only from those who have had sufficient experience to place 

 them beyond the need of continuous supervision in their investigations, 

 and, other things being equal, instructors in biology in colleges and 

 high schools will receive the preference. The station will be open 



