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which surrounds them, but when the time arrives, which 

 is fast approaching, they will accept the teaching of a 

 more advanced thought ; a field of enterprise will then be 

 opened in that country, which, for stupendous results, 

 will far eclipse the most sanguine imagination of the an- 

 cients concerning the riches existing in "Far Cathay." 



Monday, February 7, 1881. 



Meeting this evening. The President in the chair. 

 Records read. Donations and correspondence announced. 



Mr. James F. Almy gave an interesting sketch of his 

 travels in Europe during the summer of 1880, with brief 

 allusions to and observations upon the principal places 

 visited. The following is an outline of his remarks. 



Our countrymen voyaging to Europe, mingling with 

 the awe inspired by the majesty of the ocean, speedily 

 realize that there is a mistake in their former estimate 

 of American nationality. We step from the pier at New 

 York into the care of another nation. We feed the world, 

 we supply its industries, but we have no steamships. 

 The great ocean teaches many lessons to mind and soul 

 which cannot be written, of the majesty and power of Him 

 fr who holdeth the waters in his hand." We sailed by the 

 " Anchor Line " to Glasgow, touching at Moville on the 

 Irish coast. The Giant's Causeway was passed in full 

 view. The passengers were landed at Greenock, and 

 proceeded by rail to Glasgow. The lack of dispatch in 

 moving baggage, and a liquor salcon in the railroad sta- 

 tion were noted. 



Glasgow is a metropolis of monuments, fine public and 

 private buildings, a thriving city, but also abounding in 

 drunkenness and poverty. It was here that we met the 



