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of bulbs in water, and placed them under the microscope. I had an 

 excellent view of the cells floating freely in the water, but becoming 

 wearied of looking, I left the microscope for a few minutes. On my 

 return the glass was covered with crystals, larger, less varied and 

 less beautiful than those I found in the fluid from the feather capsule 

 of the nestling dove. Some which appeared on the glass on the after- 

 noon of the 30th of August, from the feather of a turkey, are still 

 well defined, though the majority of them have lost their outline. 

 They remained in their full beautj' over twenty-four hours, and now I 

 think I can obtain photographs of them. I have copied a few from 

 the many and enclose them to jou. I am now well convinced that 

 they are due to the efl'ect of crystallization under the mici'oscopc, and 

 that thej- are formed of the floating cells, arranged in such a wonder- 

 ful variety of figures, but nearly all resolvable to a definite number of 



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Mr. S. C. Bancroft ofi"ered the following resolution, which was 

 unanimously adopted : 



Besolved, That the thanks of the Institute be presented to the trus- 

 tees of the Fifth Methodist Church, for the free use of their vestry; 

 and also to the following named persons, for various services per- 

 formed and favors granted to promote the pleasure and interest of 

 this occasion, viz: — William N. Mansfield, James M. Tarbox, E. W. 

 Lothrop, Nelson A. Newhall, J. B. Ireson, Charles Osgood, jr., James 

 M. Nye, and Misses Ireson, Haven, Kimball, Lindsey and other ladies. 



The Institute then adjourned, and the company separated, express- 

 ing general satisfaction in the day's proceedings. It was gratifying to 

 observe among the audience several of the veteran citizens of Lynn, 

 of whom may be specified Messrs. Joseph Moulton, Richard Tufts and 

 Benj. Mudge, who plainly showed their relish of the enquiring spirit 

 that ruled the day. 



LETTERS ANNOUNCED. 



Baird, S. F., Eastport, Me., Sept. 12; Baker, C. Alice, Cambridge, Mass., Sept. 

 20; Bochsnan, Prof.. Bremen, Sept. 1; Challen, Howard, Philadelphia, Peim., 

 Aug. 24; Chapman, .James R., Beverly, Mas.s., Aug. 20; Chipman, R. Manning, 

 East Granby, Conn., Sept. 1.5; Doggett, Kate X., Chicago, 111., Aug.; Fellowes, R. 

 S., New Haven. Conn.. Aug. 2:5; Flagg, M. H., Hallowell, Me., Sept. 7; Hays, Sarah 

 v., Haverhill, Mass.. Sept. 3; Huntington, D. B., Aug. 10; Johnson, Lucy P., Salem, 

 Mass., Aug.; Joslin, Ellen L., Leominster, Aug. 1; L'Academie Royale des Sci- 

 ences, Lisbonne, Mch. 27; Lockyer, J. Momian, London, Eng., Aug. 12; Mudge, 

 Z. A., Martalehead, Mass., Aug. 11; Katurforscher Verein, Riga, May 17; Natur- 

 historicher Verein, Bonn, Apr. 15; Societe Imperiale des Naturalistes, Mascon, 

 Apr. 2; Tracy, C. M., Lynn, Mass., Sept. 11, 16, 18; Verrill, A. E., Norway, Sept. 4, 

 14; Whipple, John A., Boston, Mass., Sept. 4; Zaba, N. F., Boston, Mass., Aug. 24. 



