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Page. South America: Annual Address by the President, GARDINER G. HUBBARD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Geography of the Land: Annual Report by Vice-President HERBERT G. OGDEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Geography of the Air: Annual Report by Vice-President A. W. GREELY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

The Cartography and Observations of Bering's First Voyage; by A. W. GREELY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

Height and Position of Mount St. Elias; by ISRAEL C. RUSSELL . . 231

The Heart of Africa; by E. C. HORE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238

Report of Committee on Exploration in Alaska . . . . . . . . . . 248

Notes--La Carte de France, dite de l'Etat Major, par M. J. COLLET 250

Polar Regions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252

The Crossing of Tibet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253

Statistics of Railways in United States . . . . . . . . . 255

Title-page and Imprimatur of Board of Mangers . . . . . . . . i

Publications of the National Geographic Society . . . . . . . v

Proceedings of the National Geographic Society . . . . . . . vii

Officers of the Society for 1892 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv

Members of the Society . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv

Page. Plate 1--South America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2--Sketch Map of Alaska . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 3--Map of the St. Elias Region, after La P?rouse . . . . . 59 4--Map of the eastern Shore of Yakutat Bay, after Dixon . 61 5--Map of the St. Elias Region, after Malaspina . . . . . 64 6--Map of Bay de Monti, after Malaspina . . . . . . . . . 64 7--Map of Disenchantment Bay, after Malaspina . . . . . . 67 8--Sketch Map of St. Elias Region, by MARK B. KERR . . . . 74 9--The Hubbard Glacier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 10--Wall of Ice on eastern Side of Atrevida Glacier . . . . 105 11--View on Atrevida Glacier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 12--Entrance of an Ice Tunnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 13--Deltas in an abandoned Lake Bed . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 14--A River on Lucia Glacier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 15--Entrance to a glacial Tunnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 16--View of Malaspina Glacier from Blossom Island . . . . . 120 17--Moraines on Marvine Glacier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 18--View of the Hitchcock Range from near Dome Pass . . . . 144 19--View of Mount St. Elias from Dome Pass . . . . . . . . 146 20--View of Mount St. Elias from Seward Glacier . . . . . . 175 21--Carte G?n?rale des D?couvertes de l'Amiral de Fonte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

RUSSELL: Figure 1--Diagram illustrating the Formation of Icebergs 101 2--View of a glacial Lakelet . . . . . . . . . . 120 3--Section of a glacial Lakelet . . . . . . . . . 120 4--Diagram illustrating the Formation of marginal Crevasses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 5--Crevasses near Pinnacle Pass . . . . . . . . . 130 6--Snow Crests on Ridges and Peaks . . . . . . . 143 7--Faulted Pebble from Pinnacle Pass . . . . . . 171 8--Faulted Pebble from Pinnacle Pass . . . . . . 171

PUBLICATIONS OF THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY.

REGULAR PUBLICATIONS.

IRREGULAR PUBLICATIONS.

Pages 1-30, plate 1: 150 copies, March 28, 1891. " 31-40, 25 " May 2, 1891. " 41-52, 25 " " 2, 1891. " 53-204, plates 2-20: 250 " " 29, 1891.

Pages 205-230, plate 21: 50 copies, February 18, 1892. " 231-237, 100 " " 16, 1892. " v, 1,000 " " 19, 1892. " xv-xxxv, 50 " " 13, 1892.

Pages 196-198, 100 copies, January 3, 1892.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY.

Meeting held in the Assembly Hall of the Cosmos Club. Vice-President Hayden in the chair. Attendance, 50.

Meeting held in the Lecture Room of the National Museum. Vice-President Ogden in the chair. Attendance, 850.

Meeting held in the Assembly Hall of the Cosmos Club. Mr. G. K. Gilbert in the chair. Attendance, 35.

Meeting held in the Law Lecture Room of Columbian University. Vice-President Ogden in the chair. Attendance, 300.

Mr. Sergius Stepniak delivered an address on "The Russian peasantry."

Meeting held in the Assembly Hall of the Cosmos Club, Vice-President Hayden in the chair. Attendance, 35.

A paper on "The Mackenzie river and Colinson," by Vice-President Greely, was read by title in the absence of the author.

Ensign J. A. Hoogewerff, U. S. N., presented an account of the "Magnetic work of the United States Naval Observatory." The paper was discussed by Messrs Baker, Abbe, Ogden, Hayden, and Hoogewerff.

Mr. F. H. Bigelow presented a paper on "Auroral streamers."

Mr. Cleveland Abbe made some remarks on "Theories of magnetic phenomena."

Meeting held in the Lecture Hall of the National Museum. President Hubbard in the chair. Attendance, 750.

Major J. W. Powell delivered an address on "The Grand ca?on of Colorado river."

Meeting held in Lincoln Hall. President Hubbard in the chair. Attendance, 1,000.

Mr. Geo. W. Melville, Engineer-in-Chief, U. S. N., briefly explained the purposes of arctic exploration.

Civil Engineer R. E. Peary, U. S. N., addressed the Society on the subject of his proposed northern Greenland expedition of 1891-92. The lecturer exhibited and explained a number of lantern-slide views illustrating arctic scenery and modes of traveling.

On the conclusion of the address a United States flag, provided for the purpose by Miss Ulrica Dahlgren, was presented by the President on behalf of the Society to Lieut. Peary, who responded feelingly.

Meeting held in the Lecture Room of the National Museum. Attendance, 400.

Mr. H. M. Wilson, of the United States Geological Survey, delivered an address on the subject "India: Its geography and people." At the close of the lecture Mr. Wilson exhibited and explained a number of lantern-slides made from views taken by him while traveling in India.

Meeting held in the Lecture Hall of the National Museum. Vice-President Hayden in the chair. Attendance, 600.

Mr. Courtenay De Kalb delivered an address on "The great Amazon: Personal investigations on the Great River and in its upper valley." At the close of the lecture Mr. De Kalb exhibited a number of lantern-slide views, which he described.

Meeting held in the Assembly Hall of the Cosmos Club. Vice-President Hayden in the chair. Attendance, 25.

Mr. Gilbert, complying with the request of the Chairman, addressed the Society upon some of the questions involved in Alaskan geology.

Dr. Sheldon Jackson, at the invitation of the Society, spoke on the general aspects of the Alaskan coast and the inhabitants of the country.

Remarks were made, following Dr. Jackson's address, by the Chairman, Mr. J. H. Blodgett, and others.

In connection with the announcement of the proposed Field Day, June 3 and 4 next, to the grottoes near Shendun, in the Shenandoah valley, Virginia, Major Jed. Hotchkiss gave an interesting account of the topography of the valley.

Meeting held in the Lecture Room of the National Museum. Attendance, 800.

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