to the j)reseiit time. But within the last few years it was found that 

 the Academy had at its command a considerable amount of scientific 

 materials, Avhich were tliought worthy of publication, and which did 

 not seem suited to the images of an ordinary scientific journal. It was 

 therefore proposed that the Academy should resume its practice of 

 independent i^ublication, and through the liberal subscriptions of 

 several gentlemen of New Haven, the means of doing this have been 

 provided. The Part now issued forms but half of a volume which it 

 is intended before long to complete ; a portion of the materials for 

 the remainder of the volume being nearly ready for the printer. 



