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way is to western Europe—the goal of tourists, hunters, and 
fishermen. Agriculture will be restricted to gardening and 
the culture of quick-growing and hardy vegetables for local 
use. The prosecution of most Alaskan industries being in 
untrained hands, failures and disappointment will no doubt 
be frequent, but when the pressure of population enforces 
more sensible methods the territory will support in rea¬ 
sonable comfort a fair number of hardy and industrious 
inhabitants. 
List of Scientific Publications based on the work of the Scien¬ 
tific Corps of the Western Union Telegraph Expedition to 
Alaska (1865-68), and on the United States Coast Survey ex¬ 
plorations (1871-80), under the direction of W. H. Dali , in 
the same region. 
The following list is intended to comprise the titles, in 
brief, of the more important publications which have arisen 
directly from the work of the Scientific Corps of the Western 
Union Telegraph Expedition, and of the supplemental ex¬ 
plorations by parties under my direction, in connection with 
the work of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, in 
the endeavor to complete the interrupted plans of the earlier 
expedition. For a more complete Alaskan bibliography, to 
1879, reference may be had to the publication on that topic 
hereunder cited. The present list is brought to date, but 
publications relating only to Siberia are not included ; it 
does comprise, in addition to articles printed by members of 
the expedition, others by specialists in various departments 
based on collections brought back for study. Considerations 
of space forbid an attempt to make this list complete, but, 
such as it is, it is hoped that it may give a better idea of the 
additions to knowledge which resulted from the labors of 
Kennicott and his associates and serve to illustrate a not un¬ 
interesting chapter in the exploration of Northwest America. 
It should, however, be clearly understood that a considerable 
amount of exploration, growing out of subsequent events not 
