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rillKD COURSE. 



Boned Turkey ; Grouse; Quail; Partridge; Fowls. 



FOURTH COURSE. 



Frozen Pudding; Charlotte Ru.sse ; Tom Thumb; 

 Bon Glace; Wine Jelly. 



riFTII COURSE. 



Ices : Chocolate, Vanilla, Lemon, Pine Apple, Straw- 

 berry, Harlequin Fruit. 



SIXTH COURSE. 



Apples ; Oranges ; Bananas ; Figs ; Crystallized Fruits and Nuts. 



Cake : Currant, Citron, Pound, Sponge, Cocoauut, 



Macaroons, Meringues. 



Coffee; Tea. 



The number Avho sat down to the feast must have been 

 not far from one hundred and seveutj'^, and included both 

 ladies and gentlemen. 



The company was seated at the table at half past eight, 

 and was called to order by the President, Henry Wheat- 

 land, who requested the Rev. E. S. Atwood to offer 

 prayer. After an hour pleasantly spent in discussing the 

 supper in all its bearings, the company being regaled 

 with the choice selections performed by Upton's Quadrille 

 Band, the literary portion of the entertainment was in- 

 troduced with the following address by the President : — 



Ladies and Gentlemen: — We are assembled this 

 evening to commemorate the formation of the Essex In- 

 stitute in 1848, by the union of the Essex Historical and 

 the Essex County Natural History Societies. It is, per- 

 haps, needless to trace in detail the growth of these in- 

 stitutions ; the principal facts in their history having 

 appeared in the printed publications of the Institute. 



The occasion, however, suggests many associations that 



