38 PROCEEDINGS OF THE CALIFORNIA 



Donations to the Cabinet : A fossil bone taken from a well at 

 a depth of twenty-six feet, also teeth resembling those of the elk 

 from a depth of twenty feet, five miles south of Antioch and two miles 

 from the coal mines near Mount Diablo, presented by W. C S. 

 Smith, of Napa, through Dr. H. Gibbons. A fine cast of a large 

 shell in asphaltum, found in a lump brought from Santa Barbara, 

 and resembling Priene Oregonensis, by Mr. S. D. Symonds. Quick- 

 sand thrown out of a fissure made by the recent earthquake at 

 Hayward, Alameda County, by G. Yale. 



Mr. Louis Falkenau gave a lecture on Analytical Chemistry, 

 illustrated by experiments. 



A discussion on the recent earthquake followed prehminary to 

 some future and full reports on the subject. 



Regular Meeting, December 7th, 1868. 

 Vice-President in the Chair. 



Eighteen members present. 



Emile Grisar and J. J. Owens were elected resident members. 



Donations to the Cabinet: Two species of Trilohites of silurian 

 age, one from Silver Peak, the other from near " White Pine," 

 fifty miles southeast of Egan Canon, Nevada, by J. E. Clayton. 

 Two specimens of insects, resembling the genus 3Iantis, from La Paz, 

 by Oscar White. Some luminous larvse, resembhng that of an 

 Plater, found in gardens in this city, by Mr. Lorquin. Specimens 

 of the fibrous stems of 3Ialva rotundifoUa, showing their great 

 strength ; also of cord made from it, by W. Frank Stewart, of 

 San Jose, through Mr. Bowman. 



Donations to the Library : Flore et Pomone de Java, par Ma- 

 dame Bertha Hoola Van Hooten, deux. ed. folio, finely illustrated 

 Avith colored plates, Bruxelles, 1865, by J. B. Caldbeck. 



Mr. Clayton read the following paper : 



Earthquakes on Kern River, in the Central Portion 

 of the Sierra Nevada. • 



BY J. E. CLAYTON, M. E. 



In October last I was at Independence, in Owens Valley, and had a conver- 

 sation with Dr. A. Farnsworth, in relation to the earthquakes that occurred on 

 the head-waters of Kern River, in the early part of September last. The 



