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...will meet this committee to make arrangements for the work during the coming year. In company with others he will examine several of the sites now being explored by the department of anthropology for data relating to the time when man first made his appearance on the Pacific coast. He will also deliver several lectures on American archaeology at the University...
...development of the story, and of the several extant volumes of the work only two are serviceable in showing the character of Horn. The scene of action especially is uncertain and even, now the two opposing views both find vigorous support. The Isle of Man, however, and the neighboring coast of Ireland seem to fill all the indications of Horn's home and tend to show that this is the real scene of action. However, this scene is greatly obscured from the fact that the author condenses; his story throughout. The names of persons also show great divergence...
...engineers, chemists and bacteriologists, under the charge of Mr. Freeman, chief consulting engineer, has been at work during the summer. As no satisfactory chart existed, a thorough survey and sounding was made of the basin and its tributary canals, and a chart was constructed similar to those of the Coast Survey. The currents in the harbor have also been carefully studied and charted...
...last meeting of the Yacht Club plans were made for a club cruise next summer along the New England coast. The fleet will rendezvous at Marblehead on August 4 and will sail eastward to Isleboro, Me., stopping at Portland and other principal places along the coast. Plans were also discussed for the cruise south of Cape Cod, but the time of the start and other details will be arranged later. It was voted to hold club races for a challenge cup off Marblehead probably on June 20. Boats of thirty feet and under will be allowed to enter...
...from the University during the past year, arrived last Thursday in New York from Southampton, England. Professor Agassiz, with Dr. W. McM. Woodworth, his son, and H. B. Bigelow as assistants, started last October on an expedition to study the coral structure of the Maldive Islands, off the south coast of Ceylon. When the party reached England, Mr. Chamberlain gave Professor Agassiz letters to the Governor of Ceylon, and the governor, Sir West Ridgeway, gave him letters to the Sultan of the Maldives. In this way every facility possible for their investigations was assured...