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known to him to have been taken upon this eoast. It is 

 common upon the European coast and in the Mediter- 

 ranean. 



Messrs. James G. Shute, of Woburn, and Henry J. 

 Clarke of Cambridge, were elected Resident Members. 



April 15, 1857. 



Dr. Chas. T. Jackson, Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Dr. A. A. Gould announced a bequest to the Society, 

 by the late Professor Jacob W. Bailey, of West Point, 

 N. Y., a Corresponding Member, dated February 11, 

 1857, communicated in a letter from his brother William 

 M. Bailey, Esq., of Providence, as follows : — 



BEQUEST OF PROF. J. W. BAILEY. 



" First. A microscopic collection, contained in cases resembling 

 books, together with said cases, and the index volumes thereunto 

 belonging ; the whole bearing for titles, ' Microscopic Collec- 

 tions.' 



" Second. The whole of my collection of Algce, or Sea-weeds, 

 as contained in a set of portfolios, together with said portfolios. 



" Third. All my rough material for microscopic research, as 

 contained in small boxes, paper, vials, and larger boxes, con- 

 taining large masses marked with chalk, Richmond, Petersburg, 

 Georgia, Florida, «fcc. 



" Fourth. I request said Society to retain the first and second 

 of the foregoing bequests as a part of their collections, as long 

 as said Society shall exist, making such uses as they please of 

 the rough material in the third bequest." 



Also, in a codicil, dated February 24, 1857 : " A volume con- 

 taining rough sketches, &c., of microscopic forms, and marked 

 with title, 'Microscopic Memoranda.'" 



