PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES 



PHILADELPHIA. 



1869. 



Jan. 5th. 

 The President, Dr. Hays, in the Chair. 

 Twenty-nine members present. 



Jan. 12th. 

 The President, Dr. Hays, in the Chair. 

 Thirty-one members present. 



Jan. 19th. 



Dr. Bridges in the Chair. 



Thirty-three members present, 



A committee having been appointed to draught resolutions with 

 reference to the death of John Cassin, late Vice-President and Cura- 

 tor of the Academy, the following were offered and adopted : 



The members of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia having 

 learned with great regret of the decease of their late Vice-President and Cura- 

 tor, John Cassin, do, in commemoration of the bereavement they have suffered, 

 resolve, 



1. That in the death of Mr. Cassin the Academy has lost a member and 

 officer whose thoughts and acts were ever devoted to its interests and pros- 

 perity. 



2. That in addition to the devotion thus manifested, they have been de- 

 prived of the counsel and exertions of one who was always ready to aid in 

 every enterprise tending to the objects of the institution. 



3. That in this unexpected termination of the scientific pursuits of their 

 deceased associate, science has suffered a loss which cannot be repaired ; the 

 loss of one who, more than any other student of Natural History in America, 



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