180 



Cape Palmas, Western Africa, were presented in the name 

 of Dr. George A. Perkins. 



A note was read from Mr. Darius Forbes, of Chester, 

 New Hampshire, presenting twenty-one specimens of vari- 

 ous minerals from that vicinity. The thanks of the Society 

 were voted for the donation. 



Mr. Alger presented to the Society a specimen of Ti- 

 taniated Quartz, or Quartz containing Rutile in long crys- 

 tals, known by the name of Venus Hair Stone, from Water- 

 terbury, Vermont. Also in the name of Dr. Fuller, one 

 specimen of Prismatic Quartz from Greenwood, Maine. 



A specimen of Falco halmtm was presented in the 

 name of Mr. George Fowle. The thanks of the Society 

 were voted for the donation. 



Mr. Stimson presented several specimens of the teeth of 

 Carcharias ohscurus, and a number of Algae. 



Mr. Joseph W. Patterson was elected a member of the 

 Society. 



' October 17, 1849. 

 The President in the Chair. 



Present, thirty-one members. 



M. Bureau Riofrey, M. D. from Paris, and Sir John 

 Richardson, present by invitation, were introduced to the 

 Society by the President. Sir John P^ichardson briefly 

 stated the course he had pursued in his recent northern 

 tour in search of Sir John Franklin. He had traversed the 

 regions visited by him with Sir John Franklin twenty-five 

 years ago for 3,500 miles, and had then followed the shores 

 of the Arctic Ocean for 800 miles. He stated, that the 

 territory north of the St. Lawrence and the great Lakes is 

 equal in extent to the whole United States including the 

 recent additions. 



