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and gave an account of the discovery of the carcass in ice de- 

 posit in 1789, and its condition when obtained in 1806. 



He also showed a fragment of a very large basaltic boulder 

 in Woodbridge, Conn., which lies on a ridge of talcose and 

 chloritic slate, five miles west of New Haven, and west of Weist 

 Rock, and at the height of the latter — ^400 feet above sea level. 

 The boulder measures 45 x 25 x 15 feet (20,304 cubic feet), 

 and is surrounded by many others. From their structure, Prof. 

 Dana traces them to tlie Meriden Hills, 1,000 feet elevation, 

 from whence they have been carried twenty miles by a glacier. 



Mr. George F. Kunz showed Schorlonite with a metallic 

 luster, and rose quartz from Maine. 



Prof. Faircetlld made remarks additional to his paper of 

 the last meeting. He had received positive information that 

 the diminutive elephants were from Sumatra. They were the 

 young of E. Indiciis, and had been stunted in growth by lack 

 of proper food. Tlieir unusual growth of hair had been made 

 black and shiny l)y application of glycerine, etc. 



President Newbpjrry remarked upon the extinction of the 

 Mammoth. 



Mr. F. J. H. Merrill then read the following paper : 



ox THE geology OF LONG ISLAND. 



(Illustrated by specimens and charts.) 

 [Published in the Annals, vol. iii., pp. 341-364 ; plates 

 xxvii. and xxviii.] 



November 24th, 1884. 



Stated Meeting. 



The President, Dr. J. S. Newberry, in the chair. 



Forty persons present. 



Mr. Gkorge F. Kunz exhibited and described a large suite 

 of gems and gem-minerals. 



