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Mr. Kimball exhibited plaster casts of two very curi- 

 ous utensils supposed to have been made by the Indians 

 and described the way in which they were probably made 

 and the conditions under which the original specimens 

 had been found. One was supposed to be a part of a 

 large mortar and the other a cooking vessel. The chair- 

 man made some statements of his researches amons; In- 

 diau relics, explanatory of the casts on exhibition. 



Mr. C. H. HiGBEE laid on the table for examination 

 some specimens of minerals which he had collected, and 

 gave a brief description of them. This led to a discus- 

 sion of the minerals of this count}', particularly of those 

 found in the region of Newbury, and which have recently 

 excited great interest, Messrs. Higbee, Kimball, Putnam 

 and others taking part. 



Regular Meeting, Monday, November 1, 1875. 



Meeting this evening. Vice President F. W. Putnam 

 in the chair. Records of last meeting read. 



The Secretary announced the following correspon- 

 dence : — 



From Francis H. Appleton, Boston, Oct. 10; Charles Arey, Salem, Oct. 19; Helen 

 r. Ayres, Boston, Oct. 19; S. L. Boardman, Augusta, Me., Oct. 5; E. P. Boon, New 

 York, Oct. 2G; John J. Bagley, Detroit, Mich., Oct. IT; Fidelia Bridges, Brooklyn, 

 K. Y., Oct. 18; James B. Curwen, Salem, Oct. 13; J. Edmonds Clarke, Wasliington, 

 D. C, Oct. 28; Samuel A. Drake, Boston, Oct. .5, 7; John Ward Dean, Boston, Oct. 

 5; J. P. Felton, Salem. Oct. 27; S. A. Green, Boston, Oct. 1.3; F. B. Hough, Wash- 

 ington, Oct. 2; Rufus King, New York, Oct. IG; H. M. Knowlton, Boston, Oct. ; 

 Lynn Public Library, Oct. 29; I. P. Langworthy, Boston, Oct. 9; Micliigan State 

 Library, Oct. 9; Michigan State Geological Survey, Oct. 27; Amos Xoyes, New- 

 bury port, Oct. IG; Geoige Peabody, Salem, Oct. 30; Richard A. Proctor, Boston, 

 Oct. 21; E. P. Robinson, Saugus, Oct.G, Jl; W. Hudson Stephens, Lowville, N. Y., 

 Oct. 13; Smithsonian Institution, Oct. 12; Joseph G. Waters, Salem, Oct. 13; Justin 

 Wiusor, Boston, Oct. 15, 



