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and three nei<i;hl)()riii^- provinces of China. Accordinji to information 

 received by The London Times from the (Jhina Inland Mission, the de- 

 struction covered an area of 40,000 square miles. The province of Kan- 

 su was the greatest sufferer, in some j)laces nearly half the houses being 

 destroyed. Probal)ly many thousands were killed. Landslides buried 

 whole villages and hundreds of persons were engulfed. Towns 150 miles 

 away from the centre of the earthquake were badly shaken. 



The current number of World's Work contains an article by Dr. 

 Spinden entitled: "Shall We Intervene in Cuba?" and an article on the 

 Water Buffalo l)v Mr. Akelev. 



A Micmac wigwam from Nova Scotia has been erected in the Wood- 

 lands Indian Hall under the direction of Professor Speck, of the Depart- 

 ment of Anthropology of the University of Pennsylvania, who sold the 

 wigwam to the Museum. 



Miss Bond, the new assistant in the Department of VerteV^rate 

 Palaeontology, had the misfortune to injure her arm in a fall. The 

 accident necessitated her absence for a number of days. 



Mr. Andrews left during the last week in February for Beloit, Wis- 

 consin, where he will stay a short time before going to San Francisco 

 for his sailing on March 19th. ]VIr. Granger and Mr. Olsen will leave 

 about the middle of May, to join him in the Far East. 



According to figures supplied by the United States Department of 

 Agriculture, there has been an alarming shrinkage in the Yellowstone 

 Park elk herd during the last five years. In 1914, the herd was reported 

 as numbering 25,000. In 1917, 17,500 were counted. Estimates for the 

 past year give well under 8,500. The supervisor of the Absaroka Na- 

 tional Forest reports that, in 1919, 3,300 head were killed in the Yellow- 

 stone band. These figures point toward early extermination — unless 

 prompt protective measures are taken. 



Mr. Xichols is just back from a short trip to Florida and Nassau in 

 +he Bahamas. At Florida he found the new aquarium at Miami of 



