More interesting is the number of schools conducted in a foreign tongue. The counties having them are: Allen S., Anderson G., Chase G., Cheyenne G., Cherokee, G., Cloud F., Dickinson G. S., Douglas G., Ellis G., Ellsworth G., Ford G., Geary G., Greeley S., Harvey G., Leavenworth G., Lincoln G. S., Logan S., Marion G., Marshall G., Mitchell G., Morris S., McPherson S. G., Nemaha G., Osborne G., Phillips G., Pottawatomie G. S., Rawlins G., Reno G. Du. Rus., Riley S., Rush G., Saline S., Sedgwick G., Sherman G. S., Smith G. Du., Wabaunsee G., Wallace S., Washington G. Total, 37. The number of separate schools in a foreign language so far as reported is seventy-four, and here, too, it is safe to say that the actual number is much larger. EXPLANATION. The spaces indicating settlements are in many cases too small to admit a complete description of the inhabitants, and accordingly they have been marked by races rather than by nationalities and tribes. “German” is made to do duty for all inhabitants of Germany whether Low or High, as well as for Austrians, German Swiss, and Russo-German Mennonites. The last are reported simply as Mennonites, but are, I believe, in all cases of German origin. “Scandinavian” is used instead of Swede, Norwegian and Dane, because in some cases the distinction was not made in the reports, and in order to limit the number of colors on the map which is to come. In the case of Scotch I have been unable to secure information whether they are Highlanders or Lowlanders, and in case of Irish, to what extent, if at all, they speak the old Irish language. W. H. CARRUTH. [Illustration: A PRELIMINARY MAP OF FOREIGN SETTLEMENTS IN KANSAS. B - Bohemians (in a few cases other Slavs) G - Germans (including Dutch and Russian Mennonites) S - Scandinavians (Danes, Swedes and Norwegians) I - Irish W - Welsh It - Italians F - French H - Hungarians] Footnote: [4] G = German, S = Scandinavian, F = French, W = Welsh, Du = Dutch. The Great Spirit Spring Mound. BY E. H. S. BAILEY. The “Waconda” or Great Spirit Spring, which is situated in Mitchell County, Kansas, about two miles east of Cawker City, has been described in detail by G. E. Patrick in vol. vii, p. 22, Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science. An analysis of the water, and of the rock forming the mound on which the spring is located, is also given. The spring is upon a conical, limestone mound 42 feet in height, and 150 feet in diameter at the top. The pool itself is a nearly circular lake about 50 feet in diameter, 35 feet deep, and the water rises to within a few inches of the top of the basin. There is a level space on all sides of the spring so wide that a carriage can be readily driven around it.