ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 59 



Regular Meeting, May 15th, 1876. 



President in the Chair. 



Twenty-one members present. 



The following new members were elected: 



H. W. Reese, Albert Arents, C. A. Luckhardt. Emlen Painter, 

 Louis Falkenau. 



Donations to the Museum: From Lieut. Murray S. Day, U. S. 

 Navy, the following articles from the " Ainos " of the Islands of 

 Yesso, Jaj^an : one bow and three arrows, one of which is pre- 

 pared with poison; one piece of Aino cloth made of the inner 

 bark of the Mikapp, a kind of ash; also sword used in making 

 the cloth; one fisherman's knife; one pair Aino socks, made of 

 bark; one pair of winter shoes, made of salmon skin; one "Passu," 

 or moustache lifter, used in the drinking ceremony for lifting the 

 moustache; one hat, made of bark twine; one musical instrument, 

 called the "Ka," played with four strings and two bridges. From 

 C. D. Gribbes, thirt} 7 specimens of silver, copper, native copper, 

 cinnabar, pyrites and cpiartz crystals. From A. H. Nahor, 

 specimens of silicified wood and gold-bearing cement from Iowa 

 Hill, Placer Co., Cal. From G. A. Treadwell, thijty -three speci- 

 mens of ore. From W. Colli's, a specimen of oak with a piece 

 of some kind of mineral in the centre. From Henry Edwards, 

 specimens of marmoratus, ostracion, Pegasus and Grapsus. From 

 W. Cr. Blunt, specimens of Segnathus, and eggs of some of the 

 RhinotalidcG. From Geo. Davidson, Coleoptera from Egypt. 



Mr. C. D. Gibbesread some remarks on the minerals presented 

 at the last meeting. 



Professor George Davidson read a continuation of his paper 

 on Irrigation in India, Egypt and Italy. 



