140 PROCEEDINGS OF THE CALIFORNIA 



Mr, Carlton exhibited a specimen of Serpularia grown around 

 a branch of Avood which was dredged on the Codfish grounds of the 

 Aleutian Islands, at fifty fathoms depth, 



A discussion ensued on the subject of entertaining properly the 

 Association which is to meet here in 1872, 



Regular Meeting, October 17th, 1870. 

 President in the Chair. 



Donations to the Museum : 



Dr, Hewston presented some very large barnacles taken from the 

 body of the whale recently washed ashore near the Cliff House. 

 There were two species, Coronula diadema, and attached to the 

 Coronula were Otion Cuvieri. 



Dr, Hewston also exhibited a species of Syngnathus, known as the 

 Pipe fish, found in the Bay of San Francisco, and sometimes caught 

 with shrimp. 



Prof. Davidson made some remarks on the storms in the Gulf of 

 California, particularly the Cordonoza, which blows every year in 

 September or October, and in which the " Continental " was lost. 

 It seems that the natives have a dread of it, and fly for shelter with 

 their vessels at the first indication of its approach. He said a 

 curious feature of the late storm was that one of the "Continental's" 

 boats was carried against the wind, evidently by a strong ocean 

 current, forty miles up the coast. Mr, Yale also made some 

 remarks on Pacific Coast storms, and stated that he was preparing 

 a paper on the subject, 



Dr, Blake commented upon the remarkable meteorological dis- 

 turbances that have occurred in various portions of this continent 

 lately, and gave the result of his observations on the late north- 

 easterly wind on the California coast, which was characterized by 

 unusual dryness. On Saturday, the 15th inst., the thermometer 

 was at 78'' in the morning, and 68'^ in the evening. At 6 a.m, the 

 wet bulb showed 20 per cent, of moisture ; at 3 p.m,, 19 per cent,; 

 at 4 P.M., under the influence of a southwest wind, blowing Avith a 



