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R. L. Neavcotii!, of Salem. Quartz, Porphyry and Agate Pebbles from Cali- 

 fornia. 



John C. Osgood, of Salem. Attacus Luna (Lunar Moth). 



Dr. A. S. Packard, Jr., Salem. Crustaceans, Worms, Shells, Insects, etc., from 

 Fort Macon, N.C. 



Dr. George A. Perkins, of Salem. A Mandingo Hammock, cloth from the Gold 

 Coast. Trumpet made of Antelope's Horns. Rattle iised by Gree-gree men. 

 Charms worn on the neck and wrists. Samples of Material used for making cloth. 

 A pod of Acacia sp., from Cape Palmas. Two knives from West Africa. 



Frank Shepard, of Salem. Attacus Luna (Lunar Moth). 



William H. Silsbee, of Salem. Parasites from the Red-winged Blackbird. 



RusHTON Smith, of Waverley, New York. Stone arrowhead from Banks of 

 Delaware River, Pa., and two from Tioga Co., N. Y. 



Charles F. Tullock, of Salem. Telia Polyphemus from Salem. 



Mrs. Twist, of Peabody. Triton violaceus ft-om Peabody. 



B. A. West, of Salem. Skull of a four-horned Goat from the interior of West- 

 ern Africa. 



The President then invited Dr. George B. Loring (Chairman of 

 the Field Meeting Committee) to the chair, who made a very felici- 

 tous speech, in which he alluded to the early history of the place, its 

 beautiful situation, its proverbial prosperity' and its high rank intel- 

 lectually, and narrated incidents in its subsequent career. He re- 

 marked upon the flourishing condition of the academy, and paid a 

 deserved tribute to some of the past teachers and distinguished 

 graduates. 



Dr. George Cogswell, of Bradford, was then called upon and in a 

 bi'ief and congratulatory speech extended a hearty welcome to the 

 Institute and its friends, and expressed the gratification of the citizens 

 of the town, and of the teachers and pupils of the academy, in having 

 one of its meetings held in this place. 



Mr. r. W. Putnam was called to the stand to report on the various 

 zoological specimens that had been collected by the party which 

 visited the pond. He stated that Chadvvick's pond was a sheet of 

 water of considerable extent, and on the side at which it was ap- 

 proached was quite shallow for some distance fi'om the shore, en- 

 abling a person to wade out among the pond grass and weeds and 

 observe aquatic life in several phases in a very satisfactory manner. 

 Here were to be seen several species of Unionidse, Planorbis and 

 Limnsea, some moving slowly over the sand, others feeding on the 

 various minute organisms on the plants. Here also could be seen the 

 bright and lively little pickerel darting suddenly from under a large 

 leaf where he had laid in wait for some unfortunate insect to fall from 

 the grass waving above him, or, desirous of higher game, making a 

 dart for a minnow or young shiner; or slowly moving about with their 

 usual restlessness, were the young shiners and dace, with now and 

 then a banded minnow, a young bream, or a young perch moving 



