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explorations northward. He expects to travel over the ice which 
covers the ocean, toward, and if circumstances permit, to the pole. 
It will be a fortunate circumstance, and one conducive to the success 
of the expedition, if land shall be found to the north of Greenland. 
This, Lieutenant Peary suspects, may be the fact. Transportation will 
be thus more easy and less dangerous, and much of interest to science 
may be expected to result. The determination of the geologic and 
paleontologic features of the region is of first-class importance to 
world-history, and much important evidence will be contributed 
toward the solution of some at present obscure problems. 
—Tuer numbers of Toe AMERICAN Natura.isr for 1892 were 
issued at the following dates: January, March 26; February, March 
31; March, April 25; April, April 29; May, May 1; and all subse- 
quent numbers on the first of the month named on the cover and 
pages. 
