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tration. Publications of these lists, 
illustrations, and maps are much to be 
desired, so long as the existence of the 
natural monument is not endangered 
by such publication. 
There is no doubt that, if once the 
care of natural monuments were to 
come under the auspices of the British 
Association, it would receive consider- 
able impulse from it, and a most laud- 
able object would be constantly kept 
before the eyes of the people. 
As regards the international pro- 
tection of natural monuments, there is 
still much that remains to be done, 
especially in those countries which have 
not yet been appropriated. Certain 
fishes and other aquatic animals whose 
existence is threatened in some parts 
of the ocean, the Spitzbergen reindeer, 
and the musk-ox in Greenland, ought 
to be protected. When diplomatic 
treaties on the future of this northern 
