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January 18, 1864. 

 The President, Dr. Engelmann, in the chair. 



Seven members present. 



The following publications were received : 



Bulletin de la Socic'te Imp. zool. d'Acclimatation, T. X., No. 11, Nov., 

 1863— from the Society. XI. & XII. Jahresbericht des Werner- Vereins, 

 1861-2, Briinn ; Hypsometrie in Miihren und Schlesien, von Karl Korist- 

 ka ; Bericht uber einige im Norderen Gesenke und im Marsgebirge aus- 

 tretiihrte Hohenmessungen, von Karl Koristka, 1861 — from the Society. 

 Der Zoologische Garten, von Dr. D. F. Weinland, Jahrg. IV., Nos. 1-6, 

 Frankfurt a. M.— -from the Editor. 



Ordered, that the Horticultural Society of Missouri be 

 placed upon the list of exchanges, and that a copy of the 

 Transactions be sent to them. 



L. D. Morse, M.D., of St. Louis Co., was elected an Asso- 

 ciate Member. 



February 1, 1864. 

 The President, Dr. Engelmastn, in the chair. 



Thirteen members present. 



A letter was read from Prof. Jules Marcou, Cambridge, 

 Mass., Jan. 22, 1864, announcing the sending of publications 

 for the library, together with a box of fossils as a donation to 

 the museum, and proposing an exchange of other fossil speci- 

 mens. The matter of the proposed exchange was referred to 

 a Committee for further consideration. 



The Corresponding Secretary laid upon the table the Jour- 

 nal of the Acad, of "Nat. Sciences, Philad., Vol. V., Pt. iv., 

 1863, and Proceedings of same, Nos. 5 & 6, Aug.-Nov., 1863, 

 from the Academy. 



Dr. Pollak introduced Prof. Robyn, of the Missouri State 

 Asylum for the Blind, who gave a detailed account of his 

 method of teaching the blind to read and write, following 

 the system of Braille, and showing that this system was appli- 

 cable also to musical notation and the expression of mathe- 

 matical quantities. 



On motion, the thanks of the Academy were voted to Prof. 

 Robyn for his instructive communication. 



Dr. Shumard exhibited a specimen of meteoric iron from 

 Denton Co., Texas, and another from Dacotah Territory. He 

 stated that the original mass from which the latter specimen 

 was cut weighed UiO lbs., and that it had been described by 

 Dr. Charles T. Jackson. 



