U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
BIOLOGICAL SURVEY 
WASHINGTON, D. C. 
C. HART MERRIAM, CHIEF 
T. S. PALMER, Assistant Chief 
March 13, 1902 
Dear Brewster: 
From all I have been able to learn the name ’Victoria Moun¬ 
tains’ is now in current use for the mountains south of La Paz and 
I do not see an;/ - way out of adopting it. Frazar’s idea that this 
name belongs to mountains much farther north is not borne out by 
any maps or descriptions I have been able to find. The fact that 
the name ’Sierra Victoria’ is printed over the mountains of the 
Cape region on the map prepared by the Bureau of American Republics 
of which a copy was sent you a few weeks ago, is in itself a very 
strong reason for adopting the name. The bulletin of the American 
Geographic Society containing Risen's last article can be purchased 
from the American Geographic Society, New York City. The article 
is in the December number, 1900. I would be glad to send you a copy 
but the only one I have seen belongs to another man and it is not 
for sale here in Washington. 
Very truly vours 
Mr. to. Brewster, 
145 Brattle St., 
Cambridge, Mass 
