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March 14. 1S71. 



Ri^gn/ar Meeting ixt Dcrhy. 



President IITNMAN in the cliair 



Donations to Mnscnni. — Several specimens of lime- 

 stone from Owl's Mead, showint,' fossil shells and 

 corals, so chanLjed by heat siibsecjiient to their dejio- 

 sition as to nearly obliterate their true features, while 

 others in the same rock had been but little effected by 

 that agency ; i cont^lomerate boulder from Newport, 

 the pebbles of which seeme'd to have been sharp and 

 angular at the time of formation and were roundetl off 

 by the injection of lava: //v;/-: J. M. Currier, 4 en- 

 tomological specimens, //vw J C. Kennedy; i speci- 

 men of clay-slate from VVestfiekl and claimed to be 

 superior to any other ([uarry in this country for slate 

 \>c\\z\\s, from D. Goodhue, i boulder of hornblende in 

 calciferous micaschist from Ilollantl, the former was in 

 beautiful large feathery crystals which stood out in re- 

 lief on the surface from the weathering out of the 

 latter; the stone was broken up and the largest jjart 

 deposited in the State Cabinet; //vw Joseph Bates. 



