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Vol. XXVI. !^^^ ^ Januaky to July, 1889. No. 129. 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS. pXge. 



Portions of the Journal of Andre Michaux, Botanist, written during 

 his Travels in the United States and Canada, 1785 to 1796. With 



an Introduction and Explanatory Notes. By Charles 8. Sargent. 1 

 Discussion on the Dynamic Action- of the Ocean in Building Bars. 



By Lewis M. Ilawpt 146 



Notes on the Botocudus and their Ornaments. By John 0. Branncr 



{with 5 plates) 171 



Stated Meeting, January 4, 1SS9 174 



The Ta Ki, the Svastika and the Cross in America. By Daniel Q. 



Brinton {with illustrations) 177 



Grammatic Notes and Vocabulary of the Pennsylvania German 



Dialect. By William J. Hoffman 187 



Has the Signal Service Degenerated ? By William Blasius 285 



Alphabetical List of Obituary Notices, etc. By Henry Phillips, Jr. 289 



Stated Meeting, January IS, 18S9. 291 



Stated Meeting, February 1, 1889 294 



Stated Meeting, February 15, 1889 297 



Stated Meeting, March 1, 1889 BOl 



Stated Meeting, March 15, 1889 303 



Stated Electing, April 5, 1889 305 



Report of Committee to Assist Commission on Amended Orthografy 306 

 Folk-medicine of the Pennsylvania Germans. By William J. Hoff- 

 man ; 329 



Stated Meeting, April 19, 1889 352 



Stated Meeting, May 3, 1889 353 



Stated Meeting, May 17, 1889 355 



Biographical Sketch of the late Nathaniel Archer Randolph, M.D. 



By Joseph T. Bothrock 359 



Remarks on the Pronghorn. By Harrison Allen 366 



List of Deficiencies in the Library of the American Philosophical 



Society 369 



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