1866.] 27 [Shaler. 



heart still earnest in his chosen work, and still warm in all 

 his relations to friends and kindred, it was God's will that he 

 should pass away. The Society would express its gratitude 

 for the example of his life, and offer its deepest sympathy to 

 those to whose hearts his death biings so much sorrow. 



Dr. Wyman announced that the Committee would present 

 at some future time an extended notice of the scientific 

 labors of Dr. Gould. 



Dr. C. T. Jackson, from an intimate knowledge of Dr. 

 Gould, spoke of the worth of his character, passed in review 

 the various stages of his scientific career, expressed his belief 

 that the Society had lost one of its most useful members, and 

 science one of her most eminent followers, and moved that 

 the address be accepted, placed upon record, and a copy fur- 

 nished to the family of the deceased, which was unanimously 

 voted. 



It was also voted that a copy of the notice of the Com- 

 mittee be furnished to the press, after which out of respect 

 to the memory of our lamented friend and associate, the 

 Society adjourned without the transaction of business, or 

 the hearing of scientific papers. 



October 3, 1866. 



The President in the chair. Thirty-nine members present. 



In the absence of the Secretary, Dr. J. C. White was ap- 

 pointed Secretary ^9^0 tempore. 



The following paper was read : 



Notes ox the Position and Character of Some Glaciai, 

 Beds Containing Fossils, at Gloucester, Mass. By N. S. 

 Shaler. 



The seaboard of New England, south of the Merrimac River, af- 

 fords but few localities from which fossils laid down in the Drift 

 Period can be obtained. On this account it is important that any 

 bedfr which aiford materials for a history of the life of that period 



