BULLETIN 



ESSEX: Il^STITTJTE. 



Vol. 5. Salem, Mass., July, 1873. No. 7. 



One Dollar a Tear in Advance. 10 Cents a Single Copy. 



Field Meeting at Lynntield, Wednesday, 

 July 30, 1873. 



The party arrived about 10.30 a.m., and after assem- 

 bling in the church, which was the head-quarters for the 

 day, and where the preliminaiy arrangements were made, 

 separated into groups for the various excursions ; some 

 went to "Robin's Rock," some visited the woods ; others 

 collected about the borders of the lake. Owing to the 

 purity of the water the dredging party were not very suc- 

 cessful in collecting specimens though several curious and 

 interestinsf forms were detected. 



Lynntield is a place which has many natural attractions. 

 It was formerly a part of Lynn, at which time it was 

 known as Lynn End. It is almost exclusively a farming 

 town, and its public aflairs are always conducted frugally 

 and with good judgment, so that its taxation is low, and 

 the town is never in debt. It has about a thousand iu- 



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