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torn of burying their dead on their own premises here prevails, and 

 within^these three square miles are twenty-three burial places. 



The magnificent flora attracted several to the edges of the woods 

 and ponds, and numerous beautiful specimens were collected. The 

 animal kingdom also furnished some rare contributions to the findings 

 of the day. Many ascended an elevated point of land and enjoyed a 

 widely extended view of the surrounding country and the ocean in 

 the distance. Some visited the Winona Mills, and were interested in 

 examining the different varieties of cassimeres, ladies' cloth, etc., 

 there manufactured, and inspecting the various processes through 

 which the material passes, from the bale to the beautiful cloth. The 

 mills are owned by Messrs. Train & Pollock, who employ about 

 seventy-flve operatives. The motive power is an overshot wheel of 

 about forty horse power. At 1.30 P. M. the company re-assembled at 

 the school house, which is a fine building, eligibly situated, with two 

 large school rooms on the first floor, one department under the charge 

 of a male principal and the other of a female assistant ; and in the 

 second story is a commodious hall, used not only for school purposes 

 but also as a lecture and concert room for the neighborhood, and for 

 religious services on the Sabbath. Here the collation was partaken 

 and at 3 o'clock the meeting for the reports and speaking was called 

 to order by the President, who requested Mr. James H. Emerton to act 

 as Secretary, in the absence of that officer. 



The records of the preceding meeting were road. 



The following correspondence was announced : — 



Robert Brown, Jr., Cincinnati, July 22; J. C. ilolmes, Detroit, July 30; A. H. 

 Johnson, Bradford, Aug. 2; Kaiserliche Akademie der Wissenscliaften in VVieu, 

 Dec. 28, 1861); Xassuasischen Verein fiir Xatiirlvunde. Wiesbaden, Dec. 1, 18i9; A. 

 J. Phipps, Boston, Aug. 2; G. H. I'reble, San Francisco, Cal., July 18; Boyal 

 Physico-Econoniical Society at Koulgsburg, 9, 1, 1870; C. M. Tracy, Lynn, July 30; 

 C. A. Walker, Chelsea, July 20. 



The Librarian reported the following additions to the library : 



By Donations. 



Andrews, Edmund, of Chicago, 111. The North America Lakes, considered as 

 Chronometers of Post Glacial Time, 8vo pamph., Chicago, 1870. 



Bronson Library, of Waterbury, Conn. First Annual Report, 1870. 



Chase, Miss Maria, Chinese Repository, 52 numbers. White's Eulogy on Bow- 

 ditch, 8vo pamph. 



Congress Library, Washington, D. C. Catalogue of Books added in 18p9, 1 

 vol. 4to, Washington, 1870. 



Cook, Wm. S. Massachusetts Business Directory lor 185G. Business Directory 

 of the Principal Southern Cities, 18G6-7. 



Holmes, J. C, of Detroit, Mich. Hand Book and Guide Map of the City of 

 Detroit, 1870. 



Lea, Isaac, of Philadelphia, Pa. A Synopsis of the Family Unionida;, 1 vol. 4to. 



