11Q [November. 



Letters acknowledging the receipt of Transactions, Vol. 

 XII, P. 1, 2, Avere received from the Massachusetts His- 

 torical Society ; the Academy of Sciences of St. Louis ; and 

 the Secretary of the Board of Trustees of the New York 

 State Library. 



On motion of Dr. Bache, the New York State Library was 

 placed upon the list to receive the Transactions as well as the 

 Proceedings. 



Donations for the Library were received from the Natural 

 History Societies at Riga, Berlin, Boston, New Y^'ork, and 

 Philadelphia ; the Royal Society in Dublin ; the Franklin 

 Institute ; Dr. Wolf and Dr. Zeuner, in Zurich ; Prof. Zanti- 

 deschi, in Padua ; M. Jomard, of Paris, and Dr. Pugh, of 

 Centre County, Penna. 



The attention of the members was directed to the portrait 

 of Alexander Dallas Bache, ex-President of the Society, Su- 

 perintendent of the United States Coast Survey, painted by 

 Huntingdon, and deposited by Mr. Bache for safe-keeping in 

 the Rooms of the Society. 



Mr. Peale read to the Society a communication from Mons. 

 A. Morlot, of Lausanne in Switzerland, on the copper age of 

 North America. 



Mr. Peale mentioned certain facts of interest, in relation 

 to a stroke of lightning at Cape May, showing that even when 

 there was no break in the continuity of the conducting rod, 

 the fluid preferred to leap six feet from it to a gaspipe and 

 thence to the earth where it was more moist, than that into 

 which the rod was inserted at its foot. 



The minutes of the Board of Officers and Council were 

 read. 



New nominations Nos. 465 to 477 were read. 



Prof. Kendall asked to be excused from preparing an 

 obituary notice of General Mitchell, and on his motion, Prof. 

 Coppee was appointed in his stead. 



And the Society was adjourned. 



