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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...party now being organized here, although its main purpose is that of hunting, will be in a country (Baffin Land) almost unknown to the scientific world. Save for a few whaling vessels it is unvisited the year round. The isolation and apparent inaccessibility of this land would seem to make the coming trip a particularly interesting one as well as an opportunity seldom to be taken advantage...
...SUMMER IN THE NORTH.- I shall take a small party to Baffin Land this summer for two months' hunting and sightseeing in and about Frobisher Bay. This country lies west of Davis Straits and north of Labrador and Hudson's Straits, inhabited only by eskimos and abounding in game. Walrus, bear and seal are found in Frobisher Bay, while the interior is the resort of reindeer...
...fact that a ship is to stop at Baffin Land this summer makes it an exceptional opportunity for sportsmen to visit this heretofore inaccessible country. For expenses and further particulars, address...
...estate, has been received an original ancient Mexican manuscript on native agave paper, date 1531. It is especially valuable as being one of but three extant. The drawings and text are the work of the native interpeter or scribe, officially employed by the Spaniards to draw up grants of land, deeds of transfer, etc. The text is in Nahuat or Mexican language, written in Spanish characters, and refers to the appointment of an alcalde to a certain village and the determination of its boundaries...
...part: The Corporation is an historical body, and has a well established policy, but we do not have to do with its history more than thirty years back. Then there was but one play ground, the Delta. In 1869, Memorial Hall was planned and Jarvis Field with other land was bought for athletics. Then came Soldiers Field and the Longfellow gift. The Corporation wishes to provide ample ground for out-door exercises. The present Corporation consists of seven men all successful in their callings. They know what every student needs: not an abnormal muscular development, but a well developed body...