REPORT OF BOARD ON 
Priors; R. R. station, Polk county, Ga. 
(Not Prior.) 
Probasco; landing on Skipton creek, 
Talbot county, Md. (Not Probascos.) 
Proctor; landing, Ohio river, at west end 
of Mason and Dixon’s line between 
Marshall and Taylor counties, W. Ya. 
(Not Procter’s.) 
Prospect; lake in Egremont town, Berk¬ 
shire county, Mass. (Not Winchel nor 
Winchell.) 
Provens; hill in Westfield town, Hamp¬ 
den county, Mass. (Not Proven’s.) 
Provo; city, precinct, and R. R. station, 
Utah county, Utah (Not Provo City.) 
Provo; river, Utah. (Not Timpanogos.) 
Prussia; state of Germany. (JN ot Preu's- 
sen.) 
Prybiloff; see Pribilof. 
Psyche; see Pysht. 
Pucketa; creek, Westmoreland and Al¬ 
legheny counties, Pa. (Not Big Puck¬ 
eta, Big Pucketta, Paueatoes, Pocatoes, 
nor Poketo.) 
Puebla; capital city and state, Mexico. 
(Not La Puebla, Puebla de los Angeles, 
nor Puebla de Zeragoza.) 
Puerto Cabello; seaport town on gulf of 
Triste,Venezuela. (Not Porto Cabello.) 
Puerto Rico; see Porto Rico. 
Pulgas; land grant, San Mateo county, 
Cal. (Not De Las Pulgas, Las Pulgas, 
nor Rancho de las Pulgas.) 
Pullman; island and shoal, Saint Law¬ 
rence river, near Alexandria bay, Jef¬ 
ferson county, N. Y. (Not Pullman’s.) 
Pully; point, Puget sound, King county, 
Wash. (Not Pulley.) 
Pulo-Penang; see Penang. 
Pumpkin; creek, Banner and Cheyenne 
counties, Nebr. (Not Pumpkinseed.) 
Pumpkin; see Bumkin. 
Puncheon; branch of Saint Jones creek, 
Kent county, Del. (Not Walkers.) 
Pungoteague; creek and town, Acco- 
mac county, Va. (Not Pongoteague.) 
Punjab; province, NW. British India. 
(Not Pan jab nor Punjaub.) 
*Puntarasa; precinct and town, Lee 
county, Fla. (Not Punta Rassa.) 
Puntas Arenas; see Point Arena. 
Punto Gallo; see Point de Galle. 
Punuk; islands, off east end Saint Law¬ 
rence island, Bering sea, Alaska. (Not 
Pinik.) 
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Purgatory; river, Colorado. (Not Pur- 
gatoire.) 
Purisima; creek and town, San Mateo 
county, Cal. (Not Purissima.) 
Purnell; bay in Chincoteague bay, 
Worcester county, Md. (Not Colonels, 
Parkers, Purnell’s, nor Purnells.) 
Purple mountain; Elk mountains, Gun¬ 
nison county, Colo. 
Purslane; mountain, Morgan county, 
W. Va. (Not Pursley.) 
Purslane; run, branch of Potomac river, 
Allegany county, Md. (Not Pusley.) 
Purus; large river of South America, 
tributary to the Amazon. (Not Cuchi- 
vara nor Puru.) 
Putah; creek, Lake, Napa, and Yolo 
counties, and township, Yolo county, 
Cal. (NotPuta.) 
Put-in; bay in South Bass island, Lake 
Erie, Ottawa county, Ohio. (Not Put 
in nor Putin.) 
Put-in-Bay; township and village, Otta¬ 
wa county, Ohio. (Not Put in Bay nor 
Put-in Bay.) 
Putnam; creek and pond, Essex county, 
N. Y. (Not Putnams, Putnam’s, nor 
Puts.) 
Putnam; see Kobuk. 
Puttock; see Peddocks. 
Puy de Dome; department and moun¬ 
tain, central France. (Not Puy-de- 
D6me.) 
Pyramid; island at head of Chilkat in¬ 
let, Lynn canal, SE. Alaska. (Not 
Chlachatsch, Farewell, Observatory, 
Pestchani, Sandy, Shla- hatch, nor 
Stony.) 
Pyramid , Alaska; see Green. 
Pyramid , Colo.; see Topaz mountain. 
Pysht; precinct, river, and town, Clallam 
county, Wash. (Not Pisht nor Psyche.) 
Q. 
Quackenkill; village, Grafton, Rensse¬ 
laer county, N. Y. (Not Quacken 
Kill.) 
Quadrate; see Saddle mountain. 
Quamquisset; harbor and point, Buz¬ 
zards bay, Mass. (Not Quissett.) 
Quang-chow-foo; see Canton. 
Quang-se; see Kuangsi. 
Quang-tung; see Kuangtung. 
