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30, 1814. Mr. Battis completed his sea life upon the ar- 

 rival of the Mexican home in 1832. A very severe rain 

 prevented the attendance of Captain Fuller, Captain Nich- 

 ols and Mr. Larcom, who were expected. 



Monday Evening, Feb. 28, 1898.— Rev. George D. 

 Latimer, of the North Unitarian Church, delivered an illus- 

 trated lecture on " Salem and the Salem Witchcraft." He 

 gave an account of the settling of the town of Salem and 

 traced the story of its growth to the time of the witchcraft 

 delusion in 1692, in which the people of Boston and other 

 places in the vicinity were involved. This ended with the 

 execution in Salem of twenty victims. Mr. Latimer said 

 that belief in witchcraft still exists in some parts of the 

 world, mentioning the voodoo doctors among the negroes 

 of the South, and the superstitions among the Bushmen, 

 Zulus and Kaffirs. 



Tuesday, March 1, 1898. — The Jubilee Celebration 

 of the Essex Institute commenced this evening. A full 

 account of it is printed in this volume of the Bulletin. 



Wednesday , March 2, 1898. — The Jubilee Celebration 

 was continued to-day with exercises in Cadet Armory 

 which are fully reported in this volume. 



Monday Evening, March 7, 1898. — Regular meeting 

 in the Library room. Rev. Alfred P. Putnam of Salem 

 spoke on the life and characteristics of Abiel Abbot Low. 



Monday Evening, March 14, 1898. — Prof. C. How- 

 ard Walker of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology 

 lectured on the " Evolution of the House." He spoke of 

 the hut made of branches or built up of clay by primitive 

 man and described the gradual change from the house 

 built for defence to the beautiful residences of the present 



