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for examination. This indefatigable collector of archaeological relics 

 being present, favored the meeting with interesting exjilanations and 

 remarks, and especially urged that the Academy publications should 

 contain illustrated descriptions of articles in our museum. 



Mr. H. M. Henley, of Davenport, was elected to regular member- 

 ship, and Mr. F. D. Crawford, of Ottumwa, Iowa, was elected a cor- 

 responding member. 



September 28, 1883. — Regular Meeting. 



Dr. E. H. Hazen, Vice-President, in the chair; fifteen members 

 present. 



The Lecture Committee reported an interesting lecture delivered 

 for the benefit of the Academy by Prof. F. W. Putnam, Curator of 

 Peabody Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts, upon the subject of 

 "Altar Mounds and their Contents." 



A report of mound explorations at Pine Creek, Muscatine County, 

 Iowa, was then read by Mr. Charles E. Harrison. 



The Publication Committee submitted a report, of which the follow- 

 ing is a synopsis : 



At a meeting of the Board of Trustees, held on the 17th of September, it was 

 decided to accept a proposition made by Mr. William H. Holmes, of Washington, 

 D. C, on behalf of the Bureau of Ethnology of the Smithsonian Institution, to 

 engrave for us plates of the pottery in our museum, on condition that the Academy 

 would allow the Bureau to also use them in its publications, and it was referred to 

 this committee to consummate such arrangement. The acceptance by the Acad- 

 emy of this liberal proposition necessarily compelled the continuance of the publi- 

 cation, and accordingly measures were taken for securing the necessary funds and 

 engaging a publisher. The following recommendations were unanimously agreed 

 upon : 



1st. That the octavo form be retained. 



2J. That the record of proceedings be continued, but in a condensed form. 

 jd. That the necessary means for publication be secured by subscriptions, do- 

 nations, and entertainments. 



After general discussion, the recommendations of the report were 

 adopted. 



The Curator reported donations from Capt. W. P. Hall, Dr. C. C. 

 Parry, C. E. Harrison, Dr. E. S. Barrows, Aug. Haase, C. R. Orcutt, 

 and Mrs. Bidwell.. 



The following persons were elected to regular membership : Profes- 

 sor Williamson, of Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois, and Pro- 



