Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society* 



WM. CAIN, President. 



J. E. MILLS, Vice-President. 



A. S. WHEELER, Rec. Sec. F. P. VENABLE, Cor. Sec. 



Editors of the Journal: 



W. C, COKER, 



J. E. LATTA, ARCHIBALD HENDERSON. 



CONTENTS, 



A Descriptive Catalogue of the Mammals of North Carolina, 



Exclusive Of the Oetacea. — C. S. Brimlcy 1 



The Methyl Group in Certain Lignocelluloses.— A. S. Wheeler 33 



The Sponges of the "Albatross" 1891 Expedition.— H. V. Wilson... . 35 



The Atomic Weight of Thorium.— R. 0. E. Davis 45. 



Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society — Quarterly. Price 

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