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French creek and the Alleghany river, from whence it is 

 sent down the Ohio." 



October 25. The travelers remained for a day at Ashta- 

 bula, Ohio, to join in a wolf and bear hunt, in which 

 the whole township mustered out to form a long line of 

 attack, which fronted upon the lake towards which they 

 advanced. 



October 28. At Cleveland, several parties of hunting In- 

 dians were passed, and one chief is described, who was 

 superbly decorated, and mounted on horseback. 



Adjourned. 



November 22, 1804. 



Twelve members present. <>n motion of Dr. Town- 

 send, Mr. Munsell took the chair. 



The report of the binding committee was received, an- 

 nouncing the binding of one hundred and thirteen volumes 

 for the library, and a bill of ss'.i.l'T from T. Seymour, for 

 binding, which accompanied the report. Ordered paid. 



Dr. Howard Townsend mentioned an interesting circum- 

 stance conuected with the Sinai manuscripts of the Bible, 

 to which he had called the attention of the Institute 

 during the last year. Having received an application from 

 a biblical scholar, for information concerning the verse 

 found in I, John, v, 7, he had examined his copy of Dr. 

 Teschendorf's Sinai manuscript with reference to it. The 

 verse has been considered as an interpolation, the tradition 

 being that Saint Augustine had added this as a note to the 

 sixth verse, and as a side note it was printed between the 

 sixth and eighth verses, in smaller type. This was in 

 the fifth century, and during the sixth and eighth century. 

 During the tenth century, and in the King .James's transla- 

 tion, it was entered as the seventh verse of the text. 



Bis examination had revealed the feci thai the verse 

 is wanting in this old manuscript. 



