Mr. Spencer Smith read a paper on the " Origin of the Big 

 Mound at St. Louis," which was referred to the Committee on 

 Publication. 



September 20, 1869. 



Vice-President Wislizenus in the chair. 



Four members present. 



The Corresponding Secretary stated that he had received from 

 the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, a number of pamphlet 

 publications, together with a collection of plants ; and he pre- 

 sented, also, in the name of Mr. D. C. Jaccard, a beautiful Geo- 

 logical Map of Switzerland, with an accompanying text, entitled 

 " Materiaux pour la Carte Geologique de la Suisse," by Mr. Au- 

 guste Jaccard, published at Berne, Switzerland. 



October 4, 1869. 



Vice-President Wislizenus in the chair. 



Four members present. 



The Recording Secretary produced a copy of the contract 

 between the Academy of Science and the Board of St. Louis 

 Public Schools, providing for accommodations for the Academy 

 in the Polytechnic building. 



On motion of Dr. Green, it was ordered that the President and 

 Recording Secretary be authorized to execute the same whenever 

 the verbal error now existing in our copy should be corrected. 



A communication as follows, was received from Mr. G. C. 

 Broadhead on a 



FOSSIL HORSE IN MISSOURI. 



In vol. ii. No. 2, p. 418, of Trans. St. Louis Acad, of" Science, Prof. Swal- 

 low announced the discovery of horse remains in the altered drift of Kansas. 



I have now the honor to announce that similar remains have recently been 

 discovered in a well at Papinville, Bates county, Missouri. Mr. O. P. Oh- 

 linger procured a tooth at the depth of 31 feet from the surface, resting in a 

 bed of sand beneath a four inch stratum of blueish clay and gravel. Above 

 the last was 30 feet 10 inches of yellowish clay to the surface. 



