OF ARTS AND SCIENCES. 



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uniformly a diameter of jnst -goVo of 3,n inch, and being whol- 

 ly free from viscosity. The Attus is found at this season of 

 the year on rail fences. 



Professor Agassiz presented a paper upon the family of the 

 Cyprinodonts. 



Three hundred and seventietli meeting. 



November 2, 1852. — Monthly Meeting. 



The President in the chair. 



Professor Felton reminded the Academy of the recent death 

 of the Hon. Daniel Webster, Secretary of State of the United 

 States, and Fellow of this body ; and, after an eloquent trib- 

 ute to his memory, offered the following resolutions, which, 

 after being seconded by Mr. F. C. Gray, and advocated by Mr. 

 Parsons, were unanimously adopted. 



" Resolved^ That the Fellows of the American Academy of Arts 

 and Sciences deeply lament the decease of their late Associate, the 

 Hon. Daniel Webster, Secretary of State of the United States. By 

 his death the country is bereaved of her ablest practical statesman, 

 and profoundest political philosopher. Letters and eloquence have 

 lost a most distinguished ornament. Science is deprived of a great 

 and versatile mind, which understood its progress, appreciated its 

 value, recognized its dignity, and mastered its results in the midst of 

 professional labors and public cares, to which his energies were de- 

 voted almost to the last moment of his life. 



" Resolved, That the Fellows of this Academy tender to the family 

 of their late eminent Associate, their most respectful sympathy in this 

 private and public calamity." 



Three hundred and seventy-first meeting. 



November 10, 1852. — Quarterly Meeting. 



The President in the chair. 



The Corresponding Secretary laid before the Academy let- 

 ters from the Royal Society of London, and the Academies of 

 Gottingen, Berlin, Vienna, and Munich, referring to publica- 

 tions forwarded to the Academy. 



