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V. The election of the following persons as Honorary Mem- 
bers: 
Pror, ALEXANDER AGASSIZ, Cambridge. 
Rev. J. H. DALLINGER, London. 
Pror. W. H. Frower, London. 
Pror. 8. P. LANGLEY, Washington. 
Dr. JosepH Leipy, Philadelphia. 
Baron FERDINAND VON MULLER, Melbourne. 
Pror. Louis Pasteur, Paris. 
Str Henry Roscogz, Manchester. 
Pror. H. I. Rosensuscu, Heidelberg. 
Pror. JOHN TYNDALL, London. 
The items of the report were severally adopted, excepting No. 
IV., which was laid over one month, under the rule. The bills 
were ordered paid; and the candidates for Resident and Honor- 
ary membership were elected by formal ballot. 
An invitation was read from the Field Committee of the 
Torrey Botanical Club to the members of the Academy to join 
in their Annual Field Excursion, with the Staten Island Natural 
Science Association, upon election day, November 8th, 1887. 
Mme. Aticr D. LE PLONGEON delivered a lecture, illustrated 
with lantern views, upon 
EASTERN YUCATAN, ITS SCENERY, PEOPLE, AND ANCIENT 
CITIES AND MONUMENTS. 
(Abstract. ) 
The natives of Yucatan are in many respects very interesting 
people; they are the descendants of the Mayas, anciently the 
most civilized of all Americans. At the time of the con- 
quest, 1541, they became slaves, remaining so for many years, 
and when finally made free citizens, they suffered just as much 
oppression. A rebellion, in 1847, was the result, and a few 
thousand nen made themselves free, waging war ever since 
against the white inhabitants. 
All the field laborers are natives. They are hard-working, 
moral people. The comforts of life are almost unknown to 
them. ‘The scantiness of their apparel awakens the pity of oc- 
casional tourists, but the climate makes much clothing un- 
