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The President, in alluding to the pleasant rambles 

 about this ancient town and the several places of interest, 

 some to the student of nature and others to the local 

 historian and antiquarian, said that many Salem people 

 had sprung from Ipswich, and consequently were always- 

 gratified in revisiting the old homesteads where their an- 

 cestors had resided years long since, and whose remains 

 are in the old cemeteries. He mentioned several dona- 

 tions to the museum, specifying a fine specimen of Pec- 

 ten magellanicus taken at Beverly Bar a few days since 

 by Laban S. Osborne, of Salem, and called upon 



Prof. E. S. Morse, of Salem, who gave an account of 

 this pecten, a rare species on the shores of Essex county, 

 describing the anatomical structure and comparing the 

 same with other mollusks. 'flic special subject of Mr. 

 Morse's remarks was 



