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much swollen, ovate, the preceding joint being slenderer than 

 the others. The second pair are about half as long as the 

 first pair. It is deep scarlet-red, and the body and limbs are 

 densely covered with short, stout hairs. This species, though 

 quite different in the form of the body, yet in the proportions 

 and form of the legs and mouth-parts is congeneric with the 

 European Trombidium Papillosum of Hermann, which is said 

 to live on the trunks of trees and in moss. 



Peabouy Acapemy of Science, } 

 Salem, Feb. 3, 1873. $ 



Se cond Day. 



The Board met at 10 o'clock, A. M., Col. Leavitt in the 

 chair. 



Present, — Messrs. Agassiz, Allis, Baker, Birnie, Brown, 

 Buckliu, Clark, Fearing, Hadwen, Hubbard, Hyde, Knowl- 

 ton, Leavitt, McElwain, Miles, Moore-, Phinney, Peck, Root, 

 Saltonstall, Slade, Stockbridge, Stone, Sturtevant and Wilder. 



Mr. Hubbard was appointed a committee to examine and 

 report upon the credentials of new members. 



Mr. Ladd submitted a report upon the Worcester North 

 Society, Mr. Birnie upon the Housatonic, Mr. Peck upon 

 the Nantucket, Mr. Boise (read by the Secretary) upon the 

 Worcester South-East. 



Prof. Stockbridge submitted the following essay upon 



THE USE OF STEAM ON THE FARM. 



Within the last fifty years the perfection of the steam- 

 engine and its general employment as a motor, has completely 

 revolutionized all the great commercial and manufacturing 

 industries of the civilized world. In point of fact, it has be- 

 come the corner-stone on which modern social, civil, military 

 and business structures rest, and is a prime cause of the grand 

 distinction between the past and present. In most depart- 

 ments of human labor its application has more than quad- 

 rupled man's power over matter, space and time, and made 

 that perfectly feasible, a daily accomplishment, which a gen- 

 eration ago was an absolute impossibility. By its rapid and 

 tireless motion it has virtually annihilated distance, speeding 

 away the traveller across continents and oceans, and giving 



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