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NEW HAVEN COLONY HISTORICAL SOCIETY.-Publications of the Society, as issued.

NEW JERSEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY.-Publications of the Society, as issued.

NEW LONDON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY.-Publications of the Society, as issued.

NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES.-Publications of the Academy, as issued.

NEW YORK, CITY OF.-One pamphlet.

NEW YORK GENEALOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY.-Publications of the Society, as issued.

NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY.-Publications of the Society, 88 issued.

NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY.-Library publications, as issued.

NEW YORK STATE HOSPITAL FOR THE CARE OF CRIPPLED AND DEFORMED CHILDREN.-The Fourth Annual Report.

NEW YORK STate Library.—Thirty-five volumes of State Documents. OBERLIN COLLEGE LIBRARY.-The Annual Report, 1904.

OHIO STATE ARCHEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY.-Publications of the Society, as issued.

OLD SOUTH HISTORICAL SOCIETY.-Publications of the Society, as issued. ONEIDA HISTORICAL SOCIETY.-"Tribute to General Charles W. Darling"; and Year Book No. 10.

OREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY.-Publications of the Society, as issued. PARK COLLEGE, Parkville, Mo.-"The Park Review," as issued. PEABODY EDUCATION FUND TRUSTEES.-Proceedings January 24, 1905. PEABODY INSTITUTE OF THE CITY OF BALTIMORE.-The Thirty-eighth Annual Report.

PEABODY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ARCHEOLOGY AND ETHNOLOGY.-
Publications of the Museum, as issued.

PENNSYLVANIA SOCIETY, New York.-The Year Book, 1905.
PERKINS INSTITUTION AND MASSACHUSETTS ASYLUM FOR THE BLIND.-
The Seventy-second and Seventy-third Annual Reports.
PHILLIPINE ISLANDS ETHNOLOGICAL SURVEY.-Two reports.
PORTLAND BOARD of Trade.-"The Board of Trade Journal,” as issued.
PORTLAND COMMERCIAL CLUB, Portland, Oregon.-Literature relating
to the Lewis and Clark Centennial and Oriental Fair.

PRATT INSTITUTE FREE LIBRARY.-Library publications, as issued.
PROVIDENCE PUBLIC LIBRARY.—An early edition of Rasselas.

PUBLIC LIBRARY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA.-Library publications, as issued.

PUBLIC OPINION CLUB, New York. "Public Opinion," as issued. QUINABAUG HISTORICAL SOCIETY.-Publications of the Society, as issued.

RECORDS OF PAST EXPLORATION SOCIETY.-Numbers of the Society's publications.

REFORM CLUB, NEW YORK.-"Sound Currency," as issued.
REPUBLICA MEXICANA.-Six Census Reports.

ROBINSON FAMILY GENEALOGICAL AND HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION.-
"The Robinsons and their Kin-Folk," second series, 1904.
ROYAL ACADEMY OF BELLES-LETTRES, HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES,
Stockholm, Sweden.—Publications of the Academy, as issued.
ROYAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY, London, Eng.—Publications of the
Society, as issued.

ROYAL SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF IRELAND.-Publications of the
Society, as issued.

ROYAL SOCIETY of Canada.—Publications of the Society, as issued.
ST. LOUIS MERCANTILE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION.-The Fifty-ninth Annual
Report.

ST. LOUIS PUBLIC LIBRARY.-The Annual Report, 1903-1904.
SALEM PUBLIC LIBRARY.-Library publications, as issued.
SCRANTON PUBLIC LIBRARY.-The Fourteenth Annual Report.
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION.-Publications of the Institution, as issued.
SOCIEDAD GEOGRAFICA DE LIMA.-Publications of the Society, as issued.
SOCIETÉ DES AMERICANISTES DE PARIS.-Publications of the Society,
as issued.

SOCIETÉ D' ARCHEOLOGIE DE BRUXELLES.-Publications of the Society, as issued.

SOCIETÉ ARCHeologique de Touraine.-Publications of the Society, as issued.

SOCIETÉ DE GEOGRAPHIE, Paris, France.-Publications of the Society, as issued.

SOCIETÉ HISTORIQUE DE MONTREAL.-Publications of the Society, as issued.

SOCIETE NATIONALE DES ANTIQUAIRES DE FRANCE.-Publications of the Society, as issued.

SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF LONDON.-Publications of the Society, as issued.

SOCIETY OF THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC.-Report of the Thirty-sixth Annual Reunion.

SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.-The Register for 1904.

SOCIETY FOR THE SUPPRESSING OF VICE.-Twelve pamphlets.

SOUTH CAROLINA HISTORICAL SOCIETY.-Publications of the Society, as issued.

SOUTHERN HISTORICAL SOCIETY.-Publications of the Society, as issued. SPRINGFIELD CITY LIBRARY.-Library publications, as issued.

STATE CHARITIES AID ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK.-The Thirtysecond Annual Report.

STATE HISTORICAL AND NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF COLORADO.— Publications of the Society, as issued.

STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF IOWA.-Publications of the Society, as issued.

STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF WISCONSIN.-Publications of the Society, as issued.

SYRACUSE PUBlic Library.—The Annual Report, 1904.

UNITED STATES COMMISSIONER OF PATENTS.-His Report for 1904; and "the Official Gazette," as issued.

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND LABOR.-Publications of the Department, as issued.

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.-Twenty volumes. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE.-Twelve Department publications.

UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY.-The Annual Report, 1904-05.
UNITED STATES SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS.-Two hundred and
eighty-two books; and two hundred and seventy-two pamphlets.
UNITED STATES TREASURY DEPARTMENT.-Two pamphlets.
UNITED STATES WAR DEPARTMENT.-One volume.

UNIVERSIDAD DE LA PLATA.-Publications of the University, as issued.
UNIVERSITY OF California.—Publications of the University, as issued.
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO LIBRARY.-Two pamphlets.

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS.-Publications of the University, as issued. UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI.-Publications of the University, as issued. UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA.-Three University publications. UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO.-Publications of the University, as issued. UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT AND STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.-The Catalogue, 1904-05.

VERMONT HISTORICAL SOCIETY.—Publications of the Society, as issued. VERMONT STATE LIBRARY.-"Rolls of the Vermont Soldiers in the Revolutionary War 1775-1783,"

VINELAND HISTORICAL AND ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY.-Publications of the Society, as issued.

VIRGINIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY.-Publications of the Society, as issued. WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY.—Publications of the University, as issued.

WEST VIRGINIA HISTORICAL AND ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY.-Publications of the Society, as issued.

WISCONSIN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, ARTS AND LETTERS.-Publications of the Academy, as issued.

WISCONSIN STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY.-Publications of the Society, as issued.

WORCESTER BOARD OF HEALTH.-Publications of the Board as issued. WORCESTER BOARD OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.-The Annual Report.

1904.

WORCESTER Board of Trade. "The Worcester Magazine," as issued. WORCESTER CHILDREN'S FRIEND SOCIETY.-The Fifty-sixth Annual Report.

WORCESTER, CITY OF.-Five volumes of City documents to complete

set.

WORCESTER CITY HOSPITAL.-The Thirty-fourth Annual Report. WORCESTER COUNTY INSTITUTION FOR SAVINGS.-Five files of financial periodicals, in continuation.

WORCESTER COUNTY LAW LIBRARY.-The Library report of 1905; & framed photograph of Vinton's portrait of Hon. George F. Hoar; twenty-six books; two hundred and thirty-one pamphlets; three portraits; two maps; "Public Opinion" for 1904; and the "Boston Daily Advertiser," in continuation.

WORCESTER COUNTY MECHANICS ASSOCIATION.-Eighty-four numbers of Magazines; and eighteen files of newspapers, in continuation. WORCESTER FIRE SOCIETY.-Rules and Regulations of the Society, 1893.

WORCESTER FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY.-Sixty-four books; four hundred and thirty pamphlets; two hundred and two maps; and eighty-seven files of newspapers, in continuation.

WORCESTER PARKS COMMISSION.-The Annual Report, 1904. WORCESTER SOCIETY OF ANTIQUITY.-Publications of the Society, as issued.

YALE UNIVERSITY.-Publications of the University, as issued.
YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY.-The Twelfth General Report.

A NOTICE OF YUCATAN WITH SOME REMARKS ON ITS WATER SUPPLY.

BY DAVID CASARES.

As I do not pretend to offer these remarks as the result of serious scientific research of my own, but rather as more or less well compiled information gathered from such sources as I have had within my reach, to which I will try to add something of my own observation, I deem it necessary to precede them by a short notice of the country they refer to.

The peninsula of Yucatan is the most southern country of North America, projecting northward from its extreme point and forming the eastern side of the Mexican Gulf, which is barred on all sides but this one, where two outlets are found, the northern one between Florida and Cuba, and the southern between this island and Yucatan, the extreme point of which at the northeast is Cape Catoche, only a hundred and fifty-three miles from Cape San Antonio on the opposite coast of Cuba. This narrow passage, Humboldt presumes was made by the eruption of the sea into the Gulf. It is situated between 18° and 21° 32' North latitude and 6° 37′ and 12° 5' longitude east of Mexico. The situation of Yucatan gives it great advantages to communicate with other countries, its extensive coasts being bathed on the north and west by the Mexican Gulf, and on the east by the Carribean Sea, while on the south it is bounded by Guatemala. These advantages are greatly dimished, however, by our want of good ports. Campeche on the bay of the same name has a very shallow bottom, and so is the case with Celestun and Puerto de la Asension. Sisal, our port for foreign commerce until 1871, and Pro

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