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ipating geologists. Upon the first day of the excursion, Wecl- 
desday, April 28th, an extended trip was made down the 
Chesapeake bay to examine the Cretaceous and Tertiary for- 
mations exposed along the bluffs. Returning to Baltimore 
the party entered their special cars for the western section of 
the state, where the following day was spent as the guests of 
the president of the Consolidation Coal company in examining 
the coal fields of the AUeghenies. The same night the gover- 
nor of Maryland tendered a reception to the visitors at his 
home in Cumberland. 
Upon the following day the Silurian and Dev<')nian forma- 
tions of the central Appalachian districts were examined, 
including a stop at Harper's Ferry,' W. Va. The last day of 
the excursion, Saturday, May 1st, was spent in the Blue Ridge 
mountains in examining the Cambrian formations and the 
pre-Cambrian volcanic rocks, the trip closing with a visit to 
the Gettysburg battle-field. Those who took part in the ex- 
cursions numbered nearly sixty and were as follows: 
F. D. Adams, McGill ColIeg(*. Montreal. 
Cleveland Abbe, Jr., of Washington. 
R. M. Bagg, Johns Hopkins University. 
W. S. Bayley, Colby University. 
F. Bascom, Bryn Mawr College. 
George F. Becker, U. S. Geological Survey. 
L. A. Bauer, University of Cincinnati. 
J. M. Clarkp, Assistant State Geologist of New York. 
Samuel Calvin, State Geologist of Iowa. 
W. B. Clark, State Geologist of Maryland. 
N. H. Darton, U. S. Geological Survey. 
J. S. Diller, 
C. W. Dorsey, U. S. Department of Agriculture. 
S. F. Emmons, U. S. Geological Survey. 
O. L. Fassig, U. S. Weather Bureau. 
Sir iVrchibald Geikie. 
D. C. Gilman. Johns Hopkins University. 
L. C. Glenn. North Carolina. 
R. T. Hill, U. S. Geological Survey. 
J. A. Holmes. State Geologist of North Caiolina. 
C. W. Hayes, U.S. Geological Siu-vey. 
J. C. Hartzell. South Carolina. 
E. V. d'Invilliers, State Geologist of Pennsylvania. 
Lyman C. Jo.sephs. of Newport, R. I. 
Arthur Keith. U. S. Geological Survey. 
F. P. K^iug. Portland. Maine. 
J. F. Kemp, Columbia University. 
E. C. E. Lord. U. S. (xeological Survey. 
F. J. H. Merrill. State Museum, .Vlbany. 
W J McGee. U. S. Bureau of Ethnology. 
S. W. McCallie, Assistant State Geologist of Geoigia. 
E. B. Matthews, Johns Hopkins University. 
J. A. Mitchell. Mt. St. MaA^'s College, Maryland, 
F. H. Newell, U. S. Geological .Survey. 
W. H. Niles, Massachusetts Institute of Technologv. 
Edw. Orton, State Geologist of Ohio. 
C. C. O'Harra. Carthage College. Illinois. 
J. W. Powell, Bureau of American Ethnology. 
