110 



jects of these meetings and the benefits accruing therefrom. 

 Mr. Russell expressed the hope that the Institute would 

 hold another meeting in Rockport at an early day ; he said 

 that the jieople would extend a cordial welcome. 



Mr. Granville P. Putnam, of Boston, a summer resi- 

 dent at the Cape, mentioned some of the minerals he had 

 found in his rambles. He also spoke of the algas of the 

 Cape, and was followed by Mr. John Robinson, who 

 continued the subject of the marine plants, alhiding par- 

 ticularly to the fructification and growth of the common 

 al2;8e. 



Prof. Edward Hitchcock, of Amherst, explained some 

 of the Indian relics which were brought in for examina- 

 tion, and made some interesting remarks upon the habits 

 of the aborigines. 



Mr. D. B. Hagar, of Salem, said that one of the chief 

 objects of an Essex Institute field meeting was to awaken 

 a local interest in natural history, and that wherever such 

 a meeting was held, the people of the place ought to get 

 new ideas, and that any man or woman, boy or girl, 

 might, by giving attention to the subject, be the means of 

 starting a Natural History Society. Mr. Hagar spoke in 

 complimentary terms of the hospitality of the Lanesville 

 people who had furnished such ample refreshments, and 

 oflered the following vote : 



Voted, That the very cordial thanks of the Essex Insti- 

 tute are hereby tendered to j\Ir. George Barker, Rev. Mr. 

 Toulman, Mr. Lane and other gentlemen of the place, 

 and to the ladies who had arranged so nicely the dinner 

 of the day ; also to the proprietors of the Congregational 

 Church for the use of the church and chapel for the vari- 

 ous exercises of the day. 



The vote was unanimously adopted. 



