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father and patriarch of the beautiful town he had for fifty-five years 

 watched over, and with which his name will ever be identified. 



I will close this tribute to a tried and faithful friend with a quota- 

 tion he has on a like occasion adopted. 



" Manil)us date lilia plenis : 



Pnrpureos spar^^am fiores, aniinair.que Amici 

 His sahera accumulem donis, et fungar inani 

 Muiiere," 



" Handfuls of fresh and fragrant lilies bring, 

 Mixed with the purple roses of the Spring: 

 Let me with funeral flowers his body strew; 

 This mournful duty to my friend I owe, — 

 This unavailing gift at least I may bestow." 



A letter was read from Prof. Zantedeschi, of Padna, dated 

 January 7 6, 1864, offering for publication in the Transac- 

 tions of the Society an Italian manuscript, entitled " Capo III. 

 Dei risultamenti ottenuti da uno nuova analisi dello spectro 

 luminoso," which on motion of Prof. Coppee was referred to a 

 committee, consisting of Prof. Kendall, Prof. Lesley, and Dr. 

 Bridges. 



A communication was read from Mr. Buckino-ham Smith, 

 dated New York, February 15th, 1864, addressed to Mr. 

 John W. Field, 243 South 18th Street, Philadelphia, and 

 communicated to the Society through Mr. Benjamin Gerhard, 

 offering for publication by the Society a communication en- 

 titled " Grave Creek Mound, and certain Inscriptions on 

 Stone, found in the Northern Atlantic States, incidental to 

 its History," which was read by the Secretary, and after re- 

 marks by Dr. Coates, Prof. Trego. Dr. Le Conte, and Prof. 

 Haldeman, was on motion referred to a committee consisting 

 of Prof. Haldeman, Mr. Chase, and Dr. Le Conte. 



Prof. Haldeman presented a curiously formed pebble, taken 

 from the bottom of an excavation in the Valley of the Susque- 

 hanna, to illustrate the very artificial aspect which purely 

 natural objects of this kind sometimes wear. 



Mr. Chase referred to a paper on caloric, lately published 

 by Mr. Colburn, and discussed its bold but violent hypothe- 

 sis of the generation of the diurnal maximum of heat from 

 the conversion of the earth's rotary velocity. Mr. Briggs 



