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morning of July 4, 1859. Thus the temperature of this month 

 within the city has never been found lower than 53° nor 

 higher than 104°; in every year it reached at least to 90°, 

 and in some years never fell under 63 to 65°. The oppres- 

 siveness of the present season was owing to the moisture, 

 and not so much to the heat. The quantity of rain in this 

 month was 2£ inches, while the average is 4 inches; but the 

 average humidity was found to be 68, while the average is 

 only 64. 



September 7, 1863. 

 The President, Dr. Engelmann, in the chair. 



Ten members present. 



Letters were read from Wm. Sharswood, Philadelphia, 

 Aug. 14, 1863, proposing an exchange of publications, and 

 from J. K. O'Neal, Lebanon, O., acknowledging receipt of 

 Trans, ordered; from the Nat. Hist. Society, Dublin, Ireland, 

 Aug. 5, '63, sending proceedings and proposing an exchange; 

 and from the K. Bohm. Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften, 

 Prag, April, 1863, sending publications. 



Publications were received as follows : 



Proc. of the Nat. Hist. Society, Vol. III., Pt. 2, Sept., 1860-2, Dublin, 

 1863 — from the Society. Canadian Naturalist and Geologist, Vol. VIII., 

 No. 1-3, 1863, Montreal — from the Society. Memoirs of the Araer. Acad, 

 of Arts & Sciences, Vol. VIII., Pt. ii., 4to, 1863; Proceedings of same, 

 Vol. VI., pp. 1-96, Boston — from the Academy. Sitzungsberichte der K. 

 Biihmischen Gesellschaft der Wissensch., Prag, Jahrg. 1862; Andenken 

 an Wauslaw Hanka in Prag, von Dr. Weitenweber ; Personalstand, 1863, 

 —from the Society. Atti della Societa Ital. de Scienze Naturali, Vol. III., 

 Fasc. 5, Milano, 1862— -from the Society. 



Dr. Pope presented a jar of reptiles in alcohol, collected in 

 the vicinity of St. Louis. 



Dr. Pollak exhibited a specimen of chalcedony from the 

 Upper Mississippi ; also, arborescent native copper, and earthy 

 iron ore, from Colorado Terr. 



October 5, 1863. 



The President, Dr. Engelmann, in the chair. 



Eight members present. 



The Corresponding Secretary laid upon the table the Ca- 

 nadian Naturalist & Geologist, Vol. VIIL, No. 4, Aug., 1863, 



