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cut were also shown of the part of Germany through which 
the Rhine flows, illustrating how that stream likewise has cut 
down its channel as fast as the highland country has been ele- 
vated. 
On Saturday many members of the Association, braving a 
rain storm, went in an excursion to Mt. Holyoke Seminary in 
South Hadley, to Amherst College, and to Smith College in 
Northampton. The very extensive ichnological collection and 
other paleontological, mineralogical and geological collections 
of Amherst College were much admired. Another excursion 
was taken on Tuesday by the geologists, under the leadership 
of Profs. W. M. Davis and Wm. North Eice, to Meriden and 
Southington, Conn., for observation of the Triassic sandstone, 
lava flows, faults, and planes of contact with the older crystal- 
line rocks. 
The enrolled attendance of the meeting numbered 307, and 
the list of 183 new members elected brings the total member- 
ship of the Association up to 1,980. 
Section E (Geology and Geography) held its sessions in the 
Art Museum, with Major Jed. Hotchkiss, of Staunton, Va., 
vice president, and Prof. J. Perrin Smith, of Palo Alto, Cal., 
secretary. The address of Major Hotchkiss, owing to his late- 
ness of arrival, was deferred to Monday afternoon. It was 
entitled, "The Geological Survey of Virginia, 1835-1841. Its 
History and Influence in the Advancement of Geologic Sci- 
ence." The Virginia survey, chiefly by William B. Rogers, 
preceded that of Pennsylvania by the same geologist with his 
brother, Henry D. Rogers. Virginia, however, failed to pub- 
lish the work that was done. It still is recorded in the fifty 
note-books, besides maps and files of letters, which are now in 
the possession of Major Hotchkiss; and he is preparing a 
typewritten copy of all the important parts of this pioneer 
survey. 
For next year, Prof. Edward D. Cope was elected president 
of the Association; and, in Section E, Prof. Ben. K, Emerson, 
vice president, and Prof. A. C. Gill, of Ithaca, N, Y., secre- 
tary. Buffalo, N. Y., was chosen as the place of the meeting; 
and, after much discussion, its time was decided to be from 
Monday, August 24th, to Friday, the 28th, so that all the 
reading of papers and business shall come during consecutive 
