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NOTES AND CORRESPONDENCE. 



In addition to longer articles suitable for the body of the magazine, the 

 editor would be glad to receive brief memoranda of all noteworthy trips or 

 explorations, together with brief comment and suggestion on any topics of 

 general interest to the Club. Descriptive or narrative articles, or notes 

 concerning the animals, birds, forests, trails, geology, botany, etc., of the 

 mountains, will be acceptable. 



The office of the Sierra Club is at 2901 Channing Way, Berkeley, where 

 all the maps, photographs, and other records of the Club are kept. 



The Club would like to secure additional copies of those numbers of 

 the Sierra Club Bulletin which are noted on the back of the cover of this 

 number as being out of print, and we hope any member having extra 

 copies zvill send them to the Secretary. 



Alpine Club, London, February 8, 1907. 

 Secretary Sierra Club, San Francisco, 



Dear Sir: It is with much sympathy and with great regret 

 that we hear of the severe loss that your Club suffered during 

 the disaster which last year overtook San Francisco. We have 

 instructed our publishers to send to you those numbers of the 

 Alpine Journal which are still in print, — viz. Volumes 16 to 22 

 and number 171. We are sorry that we are unable to supply 

 earlier volumes, as they are quite out of print. A set of the 

 first fifteen volumes would cost about £17. Should you wish us 

 at any time to look out for a set for you, we should be very glad 

 to assist you in the matter. 



I remain, on behalf of the Committee of the Alpine Club, 

 Yours faithfully, E. H. F. Bradby, 



Honorary Secretary. 



Decisions of the United States Geographic Board. 

 The following important decisions relating to geographic names 

 and their application were made by the United States Geographic 

 Board on February 6, 1907. In reaching these decisions the Board 

 has obtained the advice of many of the foremost American geog- 

 raphers and geologists, and the decisions here given are, in nearly 

 all cases, the result of a consensus of opinion among the gentle- 

 men consulted. 



Cordilleras — the entire western mountain system of North 

 America. 



