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Island, bj R. BroAvne, pamplilet, Lond., 1868. Observations on 

 the Miocene beds of Greenland, by saroe, pamphlet, 8vo. Remarks 

 on two flints from Jubbulpore, India, by G. Haswell. " Newly dis- 

 covered Universal Science ; " pamphlet, 4to. ; and, The Sanctity of 

 Marriage, with other poems, by VV, E. F. Krause, from the authors. 



Dr. Kellogg read a letter from W. Frank Stewart of San Jose, 

 on the recent shower of meat at that place, confirming the theory 

 that it was disgorged by vultures, as he had frequently known them 

 to drop it upon himself and horse when riding below, and had seen 

 flocks disgorge it when rising, after stuffing themselves on dead cat- 

 tle. In this climate the fresh appearance of the muscles is retained 

 long after death. 



Mr. Yale announced the discovery of a nearly entire skeleton of 

 a mastodon, near Petaluma. 



The President mentioned that a slight shock of earthquake oc- 

 curred on the 11th instant, at 10 p. m., preceded for some minutes 

 by a rumbling sound ; and also observed at San Jos6. 



Regular Meeting, April Stii, 1869. 

 President in the Chair. 



Dr. W. F. McNutt was elected a resident member. 



Donation to the Cabinet : A stalagmite, from a canon in Mt. 

 Diablo range near San Jose, by W. F. Stewart, through Dr. Kel- 

 logg. A letter accompanied it stating that some years since a tun- 

 nel w^as run into the hill in search of coal without success, and re- 

 cently this stalagmite was found in the tunnel, which was near a re- 

 markable soda spring. 



Donations to the Library : A package of stereoscopic views of 

 Indian inscriptions on the rocks near Cisco, on the Central Pacific 

 Railroad line, six thousand feet above the sea, from Charles Crocker, 

 Superintendent. The thanks of the Academy were voted for this 

 valuable donation. Also, the Canadian Naturalist and Geologist, 

 Vol. 3, Nos. 1 to 4, 8vo., Montreal, 1866 ; Proc. Portland Acad. 

 Nat. Hist., Vol. I, part 2, 1869; Memoirs of Peabody Acad. 

 Science, Vol. I, No. 1, Salem, Mass., March, 1869, 1 vol. 4to ; 



