Morlot.] 214 [December. 



wholly parallel with the Phoenician period. It may have begun 

 sooner, and may have lasted later. 



We have thus obtained by indirect means, a chronological determi- 

 nation for the North American copper age. It is far from precise, 

 but further discoveries will correct and improve it. May the inte- 

 resting subject be taken up with that spirit of true scientific research, 

 so justly to be admired in Squier and Davis's invaluable volume ! 

 Lausanne, Switzerland, 2Gtli June, 18G2. 



Explanation of the Figures. 



Fig. 1. Bead of enamel, or opaque stained glass, in the Museum at Co- 

 penhagen, said to have been found near Stockholm, Sweden. 



Fig. 2. Fragment of bead of the same sort, in the same Museum, from 

 an antique grave in Denmark. 



Fig. ?>. Bead of the same sort, from the ossuaries of Beverly in Canada, 

 as given by Schoolcraft. 



Fig. 4. Baldric of glass, bought at Hanover, Germany, 



Fig. 5. Baldric from Beverly. Schoolcraft's Indian Tribes, Vol. I, plate 

 XXV, fig. 14. 



Stated Meeting^ December 5, 1862. 



Present, eleven members. 



Judge Sharswood, Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Mr. Cornelius, a newly-elected member, was introduced 

 and took liis seat. 



Mr. Dawson accepted membership, by letter dated McGill 

 College, Montreal, November 25, 1862. 



A letter acknowledging receipt of Transactions XI, XII, 

 1, 2, was received from the Regents of the University, dated 

 Albany, Nov. 2, 1862. 



A letter from Admiral Dupont to Mr. B. Gerhard was 

 read, requesting that a copy of Mills' Atlas of South Caro- 

 lina, captured at Beaufort in November, 1861, be presented 

 to the library. 



