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the practicability and the financial success of this great enterprise ; and 

 he had no doubt that ladies and gentlemen now in his audience would 

 yet pass through this submarine tunnel, on their way between Paris and 

 London. 



At the close of the lecture, complimentary remarks were made 

 by the President and Dr. B. N. Martin; and on motion the in- 

 terest and gratification of the Academy was expressed in a resolu- 

 tion of thanks to Count Wartegg. 



April 24, 1882. 

 Section of Geology. 



The President, Dr. J. S. Newberry, in the chair. 



Twenty-seven persons present. 



The receipt of interesting letters from Dr. Julien, the recently 

 elected Vice-President of the Academy, was announced by Presi- 

 dent Newberry, with notes of much scientific value regarding the 

 explorations in which he is engaged in the islands off the coast of 

 Venezuela, particularly on Aruba. Dr. Julien reports there large 

 guano deposits, and discovers proofs of a series of repeated 

 changes of level. He is collecting in several departments of 

 zoology, and will have much interesting matter to lay before the 

 Society on his return. 



Dr. Julien proposed the name of the Governor of the island of 

 Buen Ayre, Johan F. W. Gravenhorst, a gentlemen of scien- 

 tific culture, as a Corresponding Member of the Academy, and he 

 was at once unanimously elected. 



Dr. B. N. Martin referred to the very remarkable display of 

 aurora during nearly the whole night of the i6th inst.. as did also 

 the President. A briUiant corona was formed ; the entire sky was 

 covered with tremulous sheets and waves of white light ; and all tha 

 telegraph wires were rendered useless for a time in New York, while 

 the disturbance reached widely over the country and even affected 

 the submarine cables. 



The death of one of the oldest Fellows of the Academy, Mr. 

 Wm. H. Leggett, was announced by Dr. Martin, and he and the 

 President gave outlines of the personal and scientific record of Mr. 

 Leggett, of his scholarly attainments, especially in Greek, of his 



