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Vol. XXII. October, 1885. PART IV. No. 120. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



PAGE. 



Obituary Notice of Thomas S. Kirkbricle, M.D. By John Curwen, 

 M.D 217 



Biographical Sketch of the late Ellas P. Beadle, D.D., LL.D. By 



D. Hayes Agnew, M.D 227 



A Collection of Words and Phrases taken from the Passamaquody 

 Tongue. By Abby Langdon Alger 240 



Supplementary Remarks to the Grammar of the Cakchiquel Lan- 

 guage of Guatemala. By Otto-Stoll, M.D 255 



On the Embryology of the Limulus polyphemus. III. By A. S. 



Packard {with plate) 268 



Stated Meeting^ February 6, 1885 273 



Stated Meeting, February 20, 1885 276 



Stated Meeting, March 6, 1885 278 



Recent Danish Explorations in Greenland and their significance as 

 to Arctic Science in general. By H. Rink 280 



On the Detection of the Adulterations in Oils. By P>r>f. Oscar C. 



S. Carter 296 



The Aruba Language and the Papiamento Jargon. By Albert S. 



Gatschet , 299 



The Philosophic Grammar of American Languages, as set forth by 



AVilhelm von Humboldt. By Daniel G. Brinton, M.D •. 306 



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