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is hoped that this paper may inyite the attention of observers in 
other portions of this limestone belt to the recognition of upper 
calcareous members of the same series, not continuous with the 
main sheet of crystalline limestone. 
Dr. JULIEN’S paper was discussed by Mr. F. J. H. MERRILL, 
Dr. N. L. Britton, Pror. W. P. TrowspripGer, Dr. H. Car- 
RINGTON Bouton, and the PRESIDENT. 
Dr. N. L. Brirron remarked that, in a recent boring on 
Staten Island, the schist was, as reported, found at a depth of 
600 feet. About 200 feet of glacial drift was pierced, containing 
boulders, below which was 200 to 400 feet of cretaceous sands 
and clays. 
It was remarked by the PRESIDENT that the occurrence of 
cretaceous strata directly upon the Archean in this locality indi- 
cated the existence here during secondary time of a region of 
separation between the Triassic areas of Connecticut and New 
Jersey. 
October 24, 1887. 
STATED MEETING. 
The President, Pror. J. S. NEWBERRY, in the chair. 
Ninety-three persons present. 
Dr. H. CARRINGTON BOLTON read a paper on 
THE COUNTING-OUT RHYMES OF CHILDREN; A STUDY IN 
INTERNATIONAL FOLK-LORE. 
| Abstract. | 
Children playing out-door games, such as ‘‘ Hide and Seek” 
and ‘‘I Spy,” in which one of their number has to take an un- 
desirable part, adopt a method of determining who shall bear the 
burden, which involves the principle of casting lots, but differs 
in manner of execution. ‘The process is called in Scotland 
‘‘chapping out” and ‘‘titting out,” but in England and Amer- 
ica it is commonly known as ‘‘counting-out.” It is usually 
conducted as follows: a leader, generally self-appointed, having 
secured the attention of the boys and girls about to join in the 
proposed game, arranges them in a row or in a circle around 
