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and hv further stated that, inasmuch as that committee, in making up 

 their rei:)ort, had consulted with various other members of the Academy, 

 it was therefore thought advisable to add them to the committee, and 

 he accordingly formally placed the following persons on that committee : 

 Prof. D. S. Sheldon, Prof. W. H. Barris, William Riepe, C. E. Harrison, 

 K. P. I.-ynch. and VV. H. Pratt. 



This committee thereupon, through its chairman, Mr. Fulton, re- 

 ported, in substance, that they had carefully considered the statements 

 made by Mr. Henshaw in his paper entitled "Animal Carvings from 

 Mounds in the Mississipj^i Valley," and had unanimously arrived at the 

 conclusion, and. so recommend, that its insinuations and slanders should 

 be met bv a i)rompt denial and refutation, and that the answer thereto 

 should be published and widely distributed throughout the scientific 

 world. 



On motion of Dr. Preston, the report was received and the commit- 

 tee discharged. 



It was thereupon moved by Mr. Pratt, that the report and recom- 

 mendation of the committee be adopted, which was decided in the 

 affirmative by a unanimous vote. 



September 26, 1884. — Regular Meetinc;. 



President Fulton in the chair; thirteen members present. 

 Dr. Preston presented the report of the committee on resolutions 

 on the death of Dr. Farquharson, as follows : 



Whereas, The hand of death has claimed our late honored and esteemed asso- 

 ciate, Dr. R. J. Farquharson: 



Resolved, That in the removal of one of his ripe scholarship and sterling worth, an 

 irreparable loss has been sustained, not only by his family and the whole circle of 

 sorrowing friends, but by this association, which, as such, is so deeply indebted to 

 his labors and influence, both at home and abroad; by the commonwealth of Iowa, 

 which he served so ably as Secretary of the Board of Health; and by the scientific 

 world at large, in which his name is so widely known and respected. 



Resolved, That we hereby testify our appreciation of the worth and express our 

 sorrow and regret for the loss of one who has honored the Academy by filling its 

 most honorable offices. 



Resolved, That we tender our heartfelt sympathy to the bereaved family, to whom 

 and to the city papers of Davenport and Des Moines the Secretary is instructed to 

 transmit copies of these resolutions. 



Which resolutions, on motion, were unanimously adopted. 

 Mr. Robert Poynter, of Poynter, Arkansas, was elected a corre- 

 sponding member. 



