316 [November, 1843. 



written communications. 



A letter was read from Dr. John Locke, of Cincinnati, 

 dated October 21, 1843, detailing some of the peculiarities of 

 the fossil beds of the cliff limestone of the Miami, river, in 

 the vicinity of Dayton, Ohio ; and informing the Academy 

 that Mr. John Van Cleve, of Dayton, was engaged in trans- 

 lating that portion of the work of Dr. Goldfuss, which related 

 to our fossil deposits, with the intention of publishing the 

 same at an early period. 



STATED MEETING, November 14, 1843. 

 Vice President Morton in the Chair. 



DONATIONS TO LIBRARY. 



Bulletin de la Societe Imperiale des Naturalistes de Moscou. 



Nos. 2, 3, 4, for 1841 ; No. 1 for 1842, and No. 1, 1843. 



From the Society, through Mr. Charles Cramer. 

 Revue des Fossiles du Gouvernement de Moscou. Par 



G. Fischer de Waldheim. No. 2, Fossiles de Terrain 



Oolithique. From the Author. 

 Two tracts : 1st. Ornithological Observations, by John 



McClelland. Calcutta ; and, 2d. On the Materia Medica of 



Meywar in India. By Alexander Duncan. Calcutta. From 



Dr. Morton. 

 Remarks on Tides and the prevailing currents of the Ocean 



and Atmosphere. By William C. Redfield. From the 



Author. 

 Abstract of a paper read before the American Philosophical 



Society, May 29, 1S43, entitled "Descriptions of some new 



