92 MINUTES OF MEETINGS. 



There not being a quorum present on February 28th or 

 March 7th, the proceedings were necessarily laid over and 

 the meetings adjourned. 



Regular Meeting, March 14, 1854. 

 Dr. J. P. Kirtland in the chair. 



Dr. Garlick read a letter from Mr. W. L. Brocker, of 

 Celina, Mercer county, Ohio, respecting the disappearance 

 and subsequent reappearance of "pike" in the Canal 

 Reservoir of that county. Dr. Garlick was requested to 

 make further inquiries on the subject and report to the 

 Society. 



Prof. Kirtland presented a letter from J. G. Anthony, 

 Esq., of Cincinnati, requesting the Society to loan him 

 certain species of Melania in the cabinet of the Society, to 

 aid in completing a monograph of this genus. The Secre- 

 tary was directed to forward them. 



Prof. Brainerd made a verbal report to the Society rela- 

 tive to Mr. Renton's process of making wrought iron directly 

 from the ore, and was requested to invite Mr. Renton to 

 meet the Society at the next session. 



Dr. Newberry i)resented a new species of Cyclas^ from 

 Drummond's Island, Lake Huron. Referred to a committee 

 — Drs. Kirtland and Newberry and Prof. St. John. 



The Secretary i^resented to the Society a number of fine 

 specimens of Limnea megasoina, Say, contributed by Capt. 

 B. A. Stanard. The thanks of the Society were returned to 

 Capt. Stanard, and he was requested to attend the meetings 

 of the Society. 



The following gentlemen were elected Corresponding 

 Members : 



Prof. J. W. Foster, - - - Brimfield, Mass. 

 J. D. Whitney, Esq., - - Northampton, Mass. 

 Prof. J. D. Dana, - - - New Haven, Conn. 

 J. G. Anthony, Esq., - - - Cincinnati, 0. 

 C. A. Ely, Esq.. Elyria, O. 



