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and ability of Prof. Tuomey, we bad reason to anticipate from it 

 much interesting matter, especially in the department of Paleon- 

 tology. 



Besides his occasional descriptions of fossils from the Tertiary 

 deposits, Prof. Tuomey had of late, in conjunction with Prof. 

 Holmes of South Carolina, been engaged in publishing in quarto 

 numbers a work on the " Fossils of South Carolina," which for 

 the excellence of its material, and the faithfulness and beauty of 

 its illustrations, may very favorably compare with any similar 

 work published in this country. 



Prof. Rogers then offered the following resolutions, which were 

 unanimously adopted : — 



Resolved, That we have heard with unfeigned regret of the 

 death of Prof. Tuomey, of Alabama, an event which deprives 

 the geologists and naturalists of our country of a zealous and 

 active associate, whose labors had already won for him an hon- 

 orable place among our scientific explorers, and whose knowledge 

 and experience, in connection with the important survey in 

 which he was engaged, gave earnest of still more extensive and 

 valuable contributions. 



Resolved, further, that we offer to the family and friends of 

 the deceased an expression of our sincere regret and sympathy. 



Prof. William B. Rogers having asked permission to make a 

 few remarks in relation to the scientific services- of the late 

 William C. Redfield, proceeded as follows : — 



Since the opening of the present year, the cultivators of sci- 

 ence have been called on to lament the loss of two of their 

 distinguished co-laborers, on this side the Atlantic, William C. 

 Redfield, of New York, and Prof. Bailey, of West Point, the 

 former eminent for his researches on the subject of storms, the 

 latter for his microscopical discoveries. Our Society, claiming 

 Prof. Bailey as one of its most valued members, has already 

 accorded an appropriate memorial to his genius, labors, and 

 virtues. We have also had the satisfaction of numbering Mr. 

 Redfield among our associates, and we are all familiar with his 

 reputation as a man of science, and some of us have known him 

 as a friend. Feeling, therefore, the loss which the community of 

 science, especially in this country, have sustained in his death, 



