1866.] 203 [Bclcouit. 



ordered to be put upon the list of correspondents to receive 

 the Proceedinp;s. 



A letter from Dr. Leidy was read respecting Captain 

 Stellwagen's donation of the fragment of an ancient cover of 

 a sarcophagus found at Carthage. 



Letters of envoi were received from J. D. Whitney, Chief 

 Geologist of California; the Cent. Obs., St. Petersburg, 

 August 28th, 1865 ; the Vienna Academy, September 23d, 

 and the Stockholm Academy, November 17th. 



Letters of acknowledgment were received from the Con. 

 Obs., St. Petersburg, September 1st, and the Amsterdam 

 Academy, October 18th, 1865. 



Donations for the Library were announced from the Acade- 

 mies at St. Petersburg, Stockholm, Vienna, Munich, and 

 Brussels; the Societies at Moscow, Giessen, Manheim, 

 Upsal, and Trondheim ; the Observatories at St. Petersburg 

 and Brussels ; the Geological Societies at Berlin and 

 Vienna ; The Geographical Society at Paris, and the Astro- 

 nomical Society at London ; the British Association ; M. 

 Quetelet, Dr. Jacob Bigelow, Rev. Mr. Barnes, and Prof. 

 Joseph D. Whitney. 



A donation for the Cabinet was presented in the name of 

 Captain Stellwagen, of the U. S. Navy. A description of the 

 curious figures on this stone, and the history of its dis- 

 covery, were promised by the donor. 



Mr. Robert P. King, of Philadelphia, presented, through 

 Prof. Trego, an Indian Pestle, found in White Deer Creek, 

 Union County, Pa., on which Mr. Peale made some pertinent 

 remarks. 



Mr. Lesley read a letter from George A. Belcourt, Pretre, 

 dated Rustico, Prince Edward Island, January 1st, 1866, and 

 another from Prof. EdAvard Ballard, dated Brunswick, Maine, 

 respecting a Fran^ois-Odjibowe dictionary. 



Father Belcourt explains that he had not constructed a correspond- 

 ing Odjibowe-Franyois dictionary on account of the cost of printing, 

 thinking that the Fr.-Odj. form would suffice for a time. " In con- 



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