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The  party  took  the  cars  back  to  Big  Hill  and  from  Forks  Creek,  by  a 
branch  road,  to  Georgetown,  situated  8,514  feet  above  sea-level ;  and  on  the 
following  morning,  Thursday,  thirty  of  the  party  drove  ten  miles  towards 
Gray's  Peak,  having  an  elevation  of  14,341  feet,  the  final  ascent,  four  miles, 
being  made  on  horseback.  Some  of  the  party,  which  included  seven 
ladies,  felt  the  effect  of  the  rarified  air— causing  accelerated  circulation, 
nausea  and  dimness  of  vision.  All  returned  in  safety.  The  remainder  of 
the  party,  including  one  lady,  ascended  the  mountain  to  Green  Lake,  a 
distance  of  21-  miles,  with  a  rise  of  1,700  feet.  The  placid  lake,  10,200  feet 
above  sea-level,  encircled  by  towering  mountains,  was  crossed  in  row- 
boats  and  the  Battle-ground  of  the  Gods  visited,  a  wilderness  of  huge 
rocks  scattered  about  and  piled  up  in  the  utmost  confusion  between  Green 
and  Clear  Lakes.  In  the  afternoon  the  Devil's  Gate  and  Bridal  Veil 
Falls  were  visited. 
On  Friday  most  of  the  party  returned  directly  to  Denver,  while  about 
ten  spent  the  greater  part  of  the  day  at  Idaho  Springs,  7,512  feet  above  sea- 
level,  and  received  the  kind  attentions  of  Hon.  M.  Moore  and  T.  B.  Bryan. 
A  bath  in  the  water  of  the  hot  soda  spring  was  enjoyed  by  all,  and  a  visit 
to  the  big  tunnel,  which  is  being  worked  into  the  Seaton  Mountain,  was 
instructive  and  full  of  interest. 
On  the  same  evening  a  portion  of  the  party  left  Denver  on  their  return 
trip  to  Kansas  City,  and  on  Saturday,  while  crossing  the  plains,  were  grat- 
ified with  a  magnificent  view  of  a  mirage  towards  the  south — a  broad  strip 
of  land  looming  up  above  the  horizon,  leaving  the  intervening  space  of 
the  appearance  of  a  mighty  river. 
The  remainder  of  the  party,  on  Saturday,  took  a  trip  to  the  South  Park 
along  the  canon  of  South  Platte  River,  through  wild  and  romantic  passes, 
and  over  Kenosho  Summit  until  Jefferson  was  reached,  where  the  train 
was  taken  back  to  Denver,  and  on  the  following  day  to  Cheyenne  and 
Omaha,  thence  to  Chicago  and  home. 
The  distance  traveled  by  rail  was,  for  most  of  the  Eastern  members, 
between  4,400  and  5,600  miles,  the  southern  route  being  the  shortest. 
Quantum  sufflcit,"  remarked  a  fellow  excursionist. 
KEYIEWS  AND  BIBLIOGKAPHICAL  NOTICES. 
Proceedings  of  the  Eleventh  Annual  Meeting  of  the  New  Jersey  Phcmna- 
ceutical  Association^  held  in  Trenton,  May  18  and  29,  1881.  Camden, 
8vo,  pp.  66. 
Proceedings  of  the  Ohio  State  Pharmaceutical  Association  at  its  Third 
Annual  Meeting,  held  in  Toledo,  May  18  and  19,  1881.  Cincinnati. 
Pp.  75. 
^  condensed  account  of  the  transactions  at  both  meetings  will  be  found 
on  page  313  of  our  June  number.  On  page  567  of  the  present  number  we 
publish  a  j)aper  read  at  the  Toledo  meeting  and  since  then  revised  by  its 
author. 
