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Mr. Schwartz gave some further particulars regarding the 

 discovery and present working of the Manchester marble. 



Prof. D. S. Martin called the attention of the Academy to 

 the meeting of the New York State Forestry Association, an- 

 nounced to be held in the same building on February 1st. He 

 extended an invitation to all persons interested in the preserva- 

 tion of the Adirondack forests and the maintenance of the water- 

 supply of the Hudson River and the Erie Canal, to attend this 

 gathering and aid the Forestry Association by their presence and 

 their support. 



Mr. G. F. Kunz exhibited a new specimen of meteoric iron, 

 weighing 10| pounds, called the Fairweather meteorite, as it 

 was found, and is supposed to have fallen, near Fairweather 

 Station, close to the dividing line between Burke and McDowell 

 counties, North Carolina. It was found during the summer of 

 1889 by negro laborers at work on the railroad, and consisted of 

 two pieces, weighing together 28^ pounds, — this one and an- 

 other of 18 pounds. 



He also showed photographs of two remarkable stone images 

 or idols, supposed to be of Toltec origin, which had recently been 

 brought to this city from San Juan Teotihuacan {" City of the 

 Gods "), about 26 miles from the city of Mexico, on the Vera 

 Cruz Railroad. 



The three pieces forming the two images or altars weigh 3,500 

 pounds. They are covered with rude carving, and the mouths 

 of both serpent-heads are large hollows, which would almost 

 admit a human body, and it is believed that they were used for 

 sacrificial purposes. The larger one is six feet high, the tail pro- 

 jecting upward from the body as a straight shaft or column, the 

 entire head of which is covered with cement or plaster, which, 

 in turn, has been coated witli a red paint, except where removed 

 by abrasion. These are evidently simihir to the objects described 

 by Charnay, the French explorer, on his famous expedition to 

 this same region. These singular figures are now in the posses- 

 sion of Mr. William Niyen, at 739 Broadway, New York City, 

 and can there be seen. 



