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was presented by the author. James C. Palmer, M. D. U. S. 

 Navy, and Dr. L. D. Gale, of New York, were elected corres- 

 ponding members. The committee on meteorological obser- 

 vations reported that the series of hourly observations had 

 been made on the 21st and 22d of September, and that the 

 table was being prepared for publication. 



October 13. — The cabinet received donations from Mr. 

 Minifie and Dr. Coale. Charles Cramer, Esq. of New York, 

 presented a catalogue of plants growing in the vicinity of 

 Troy; and the report of the Geological Society of Brussels. 

 Dr. Edmondson reported a table of meteorological observa- 

 tions for August, 1836. Dr. J. W. Greetham reported a table 

 of meteorological observations made at Mt. Vernon, Illinois, 

 for June and July, 1836, both of which were referred to 

 the section of physics. The chairman of the section of 

 botany reported progress in the arrangement of plants referred 

 to that section. Dr. Aikin, was appointed to lecture at the 

 sitting of the 27th instant. 



October 20. — Dr. Coale presented the skeleton of a wren. 

 The section of physics reported upon the tables referred at the 

 last sitting, embracing in the report suggestions of some 

 modifications, which were approved by the academy. The 

 section of mineralogy reported the receipt of a suit of geolo- 

 gical specimens from Heidelburg, and that they had been 

 placed in the cabinet. 



October 27. — Donations for the cabinet, from Mr. Quinby, 

 Dr. Coale, Dr. ZoUickhofFer, and the Maryland Colonization 

 Society. The remainder of the session was occupied by an 

 interesting lecture from Mr. Quinby, on the mineralogy of the 

 ancients, which was listened to with much attention, and a 

 copy requested from the author for preservation in the library. 



Nove7nber 3. — Dr. Coale presented for the cabinet the skin 

 of a monkey, tanned by the natives of Cape Palmas. Dona- 

 tions for the library from Professor Ducatel, Dr. Dunbar, Pro- 

 fessor W. R. Johnson, of Philadelphia, and Com. Figaniere. 

 Dr. Aikin delivered a lecture on the anatomy of plants. Dr. 

 Henry P. Sartwell, of Pen Yan, N. Y. was elected a corres- 

 ponding member. Mr. Fisher informed the academy that the 

 arseniate of baryta, recommended by him at a former meeting, 

 he had since ascertained should be employed only when the use 



