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embrace 10° of Longitude. It was proposed to give great attention to 
the physical and political characteristics and that the sea should be 
represented as well as the land. The rivers were to be in blue and the 
hills in brown. Contours to be drawn at elevations of 100, 300, 500 and 
1200, and the areas enclosed therein to be tinted. The Meredian of 
Greenwich to be accepted for the entire map. All places in countries 
using the Latin alphabet to be preserved as officially spelled. Other 
alphabets and unwritten languages to be spelled phonetically or accord- 
ing to some system yet to be agreed upon. Professor Benk estimated 
the cost of an edition of a thousand copies which show only the land 
surface to bein round numbers, 1 million of dollars, and the 769 sheets, 
if sold at 3 dollar per sheet would produce less than 400,000 dollars, 
leaving the sum of 600,000 to be divided among the respective countries. 
The consensus of opinion was that this would be great desideratum ; 
whether it could be accomplished or not, was in greater doubt. But Dr. 
Benk argued that it would be a long stride toward successful accom- 
plishment if an international agreement could be made, by which a 
uniform scale could be adopted for the making of such a map. This 
international agreement, he says, could be agitated only before such 
Congresses, allowing the delegates upon their return to their respective 
countries to agitate the subject, and prepare either the Government or 
publie opinion for a successful result. 
There was further discussion and other papers read, some of which 
had no very close relations to America and very small right to appear 
before the Congress of Americanists. 
The rest of the day was taken up by the banquet and preparation 
for the fetes. ; 
The King and Queen Regent arrived on the 10th, and during that 
and next day the city of Huelva and the town of Palos and the Con- 
vent of La Rabida were given over to the fetes. 
At the Paris Congress, objection was made to going to Huelva by 
Dr. Brinton, and the outcome verified the wisdom of the objection. 
It was a magnificent Naval Review—40 warships of various Nations 
—display of bunting—firing of guns—shouting, cheering, banqueting, 
and fetes in grand style; but as a scientific or historie Congress, it made 
but slight progress. 
The Queen gave a reception at the Hotel Colon at which about 
1,000 guests attended. The Column erected at La Rabida by the 
Government, at an expense of about 450,000 pesatas (franes) in com- 
memoration of Columbus was inaugurated. These were attended by 
everybody. The locality was, of course, in gala dress. Guns, flags, 
