98 MINUTES OF MEETINGS. 



Dr. Garlick exhibited a cast of a Muscalonge which was 

 taken in a seine near the Old River Bed. It is four feet 

 and four inches in length, and thirty-four inches in circum- 

 ference. The width of the flukes is eleven inches- It is 

 a female, and the length of each ovaduct is twenty seven 

 inches. A sucker, nearly digested, was found in its 

 stomach, and the part remaining was thirteen inches 

 long. The amount of eggs found weighed five pounds and 

 eleven drachms. The number of eggs in a drachm is 

 seven hundred and sixty -four, giving an average of nearly 

 half a million of eggs. 



Prof. Smith advanced a theory to account for the names 

 of the days of the week, which certainly is very curious. 



The Grecian, Hindoo and Scandinavian celebrate the 

 same days of the week for the same Gods. Prof. Smith 

 thought that the seven most important Gods had an hour 

 devoted to each in succession. In the Teutonic mythology 

 the seven most important are, the Sun; Friga, or Venus; 

 Wodin, or Odin, the God of hunters ; Moon ; Saturn ; Thor, 

 or God of Thunder, and Tuis, or Mars, the God of War. 

 Giving each an hour, beginning with the Sun, we find that 

 the first hour of the second day would be devoted to the 

 Moon, hence Monday would be the name of that day, and 

 Tuis would have the first hour of the next day, &c., each 

 day being named after the deity who presided over the 

 first hour of it. 



The committee on Diploma repoi'ted a form. 



A committee of three was appointed to report a device 

 for a Seal. 



April 17, 1854. 



Dr. Newberry presented a specimen of the American 

 Robin, Tardus migratorius^ sent to the Academy by M. 

 C. Reed, of Hudson, and which was nearly pure white in 

 color. 



Dr. Atkinson submitted a form of Memorial to the Legis- 

 lature for the protection of game and small birds. 



