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Philologique, Mus(5e Guimet, Paris ; Societu des Antiquaires 

 de la Morinie, St. Omer ; Editors of the " Yale Review," Bos- 

 ton; Royal Socict}'^ of Canada, Montreal ; Dr. Daniel G. Brin- 

 ton, Mr. Henry Phillips, Jr., Philadelphia; Miss R. C. Long- 

 streth, Sharon Hill ; Hydrographic Office, Department of the 

 Interior, Washington, D. C. 



Photographs of Dr. John J. Stevenson, New York, and Mr. 

 M. Fisher Longstreth, Sharon Hill, Pa., were received for the 

 Album. 



Dr. W. P. Wilson presented for the Transactions a paper by 

 James Ellis Humphrey on " The Saproleginaceas of the United 

 States, with Notes on Other Species." On motion the paper was 

 referred to a Committee of three members of the Society, to be 

 appointed by the President at his leisure.* 



The Secretaries presented a " Kwakiutl Vocabulary," by Dr. 

 Franz Boaz (of Worcester, Mass.). 



Mr. Lorin Blodgett exhibited a cosmical map of the Northern 

 Hemisphere, and made some remarks thereon. 



Dr. Cope read a paper on " A False Elbow in a Horse." 



Pending nominations Nos. 1242, 1243, 1214:, and new nomi- 

 nations Nos. 1245, 1246, 1247 and 1248 were read. 



Dr. Morris as Curator placed before the Society some of the 

 interesting articles found by him in the museum, such as the 

 theodolite belonging to the Proprietor's family, used in laying 

 out the lots of Philadelphia, and on Mason and Dixon's line, 

 presented by Dr. Physick ; the model of a mowing machine 

 presented in 1771; of a fire-escape, by Rev. Dr. Collin, in 

 1791; of a bathometer deposited by Jefferson in 1806; of a 

 torpedo-boat, by Fulton, in 1815, etc. 



Dr. Morris suggested the folio wino- heads as useful for clas- 

 sifying the cabinets, at least temporarily, viz. : 



Objects illustrating American antiquities, such as the Peale collection, 

 the Poinsett collection, and many Indiaa relics. 



Objects illustrating progress of science and art, and the history of 

 thought in other countries. 



* The President subsequently appointed as said Committee, Dr. Rothrock and Messrs. 

 Meelian and Martindale. 



