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Mexico before the time of Columbus. No evidence, however, had 

 yet been found of ancient Asiatic communication with CaUfornia. 



Prof. Davjdson said he had records of at least four shipwrecks 

 of Japanese vessels on this coast within a period of one or two cen- 

 turies past, and it is probable that many more had occurred prev- 

 iously. He had seen one ancient " dug-out " canoe at Point Con- 

 cepcion. 



Regular Meeting, November 1st, 1869. 

 President in the Chair. 



Twenty members present. 



Donation to the Cabinet : A broken tusk of the fossil Elephant 

 from Alaska, by G. Yale. Specimens of Quercus vaccinifolia 

 Kell., by Dr. Kellogg. 



Donations to the Library : Observations on Geology of Alaska 

 by W. H. Dall, pam., 4to, 1869, from the author. American 

 Journ. of Conchology, vols. 1, 2, and 3, 8vo, from Dr. Cooper, 

 vol. 4 by subscription. On the Origin of Genera, by E. D. 

 Cope, Philad,, 1869, pam., 8vo., from the author; also the follow- 

 ing through the Smithsonian Inst. : 



Four works iu Russian from the Ro}'. Geog. Soc. ; Bulletin and Memoires 

 de I'Acad. Imp. des Sciences, Vols. XII and XIII, Nos. 1-3, St. Petsgb, 186-1-8 ; 

 Symbolaj Sirenologic*, J. F, Brandt, pts. 2 and 3, 18G1-8, 4to. ; Reis. in 

 Amurlande, Botan. Theil, F, Schmidt, 1 v., 4to, 1868 ; Die befruchtenbeiden 

 Farrnkrautern, E. Strasberger, 1 v., 4to, 1868. Nova Acta Reg. Soc. Scient., 

 Upsal, 3d ser., Vol. V, pts. 1-2, 4to, 1866-8 ; Abhandl. der Xaturalvist. Gesell. 

 Nurnberg, Vols. Ill and IV, 1866-8, 3 pts., 8vo ; Sitzungsber. and Denksch- 

 riften der Kais. Akad. Wissensch., Wien, Vol 56, parts 1-3, 1868, 3 vol., 4to : 

 Zeits. der Oesterr. Gesellsch. fur Meteorol., Wien, 1868, 1 v., 6vo ; Jahrbuch 

 & Verhandl. der K. K. Geolog. Reichsanstalt, Wien, 1868, 3 pts., 8vo; Ver- 

 handl. der K. K. Zoolog.-botan. Gesellsch., Wien, Vols. 17 and 18, pts. 1-4, 

 1868, 8vo; Monatsber. der K. Preuss, Akad. der Wissen. Berlin, 1869, 2 v. 

 8vo ; Die vegetations verhaltniss von Croatien, Dr. A. Neilreich, Wien, 1868, 

 1 v. 8vo ; Sitzsungs. der Naturwis. Gesell. Jsis, Dresden, 1868-9, 2 v., 8vo ; Der 

 Zqologische Garten, Frankfurt, Nos. 6-12, 1868, 8vo ; Zeitsch. der Deutsche 

 Geolog. Gesell., Berlin, vol. 20, pt. 3, 1868, 8vo ; Nachricht der K. Gesell. der 

 Wissen. und George Augusts Univers. Gottingen, 1868, 1 v., 8vo ; Corres- 

 pond, der Zool. Mineral. Vereins Regensburg, 1868, 1 v., 8vo ; ^Wurtemburg 



