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naturalist who does not give evidence of ability to do original 
work 
It is expected that each occupant of the table will give, soon 
after his return to this country, a brief course of lectures in the 
Natural History lecture room, at Williams, on some subject con- 
nected with zoological work. 
The table is now held by Professor Clarke, but it will probably 
be vacated on or before April 1st, 1884. The successful appli- 
cant will be informed of his appointment as soon as practicable 
after itis made, and the name will be also communicated to 
Science and the AMERICAN NATURALIST, for publication —Wi/- 
liams College, Dec., 1883. 
— The camels now running wild in Arizona were bought by 
the United States Government in Asia Minor. There were sev- 
enty-six camels in the first “colony.” They were first employed 
in packing between Fort Tejon and Albuquerque, in some in- 
stances carrying 100 gallons of water to the animal, and going 
nine days without water themselves. Tiring of the camels, the 
Government condemned them and they were sold at Benicia to 
two Frenchmen, who took them to Reese river, where they were 
used in packing salt to Virginia City. Afterwards the animals 
Were brought back to Arizona, and for some time were engaged 
in packing ore from Silver King to Yuma; but through some 
cause or other the Frenchmen became disgusted, there being no 
market for camels just then, and turned the camels loose upon 
the desert near Maricopa wells, and to-day they and their de- 
Scendants are roaming through the Gila valley, increasing and 
multiplying and getting fat upon the succulent sagebrush and 
wood with which the country abounds.— Tombstone Epitaph. 
_ > The Puget Sound Argus says: “Mount Adams, in Wash- 
ington Territory, was recently ascended by a large party. They 
rodes elevation of 12,650 feet. The crater was penetrated 
th 'stance of 100 feet. There was a ceaseless drip of water from 
: € roof of. the ice-inc 
fo ing from the slumbering fires far below, whence a loud, 
E =e arose. A rock hurled down produced a deafening 
ra on.” y 
an object for a 
P ed by Jewett, on the authority of Vansant, at 13,258, and by 
baa ty Holt & Co., New York, have recently published 
5 their American Science 
high sch efer Course, Itis designed for use in grammar and 
: larger Zoe In part re-written and made simpler than the 
been retai ogy by the same author, portions of that work have 
= “amed, with additions regarding the habits of birds and 
