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wash and by peat deposits of vegetal accumulation. In addition to 

 these activities and records of the past agents the Irondequoit river 

 affords an excellent illustration of stream work in its several elements 

 of erosion, transportation, deposition, meandering and levee-building. 



October 13, 1896. 



The meeting was held at the 'Reynolds Library. President 

 Fairchild in- the chair. Fifteen persons present. 



Mr. Preston showed a specimen of agate from India, contain- 

 ing a large cavity filled with water and air. 



Professor Fairchild spoke of his summer's work on the 

 shoreline of Lake Warren. 



H. L. Preston presented a paper on : 



IMITATIVE FORMS IN ROCKS PRODUCED BY EROSION. 



The paper was illustrated by specimens of rocks, several of which 

 had assumed fantastic shapes, imitative of anatomical forms. 



October 27, 1896. 



The meeting was held at the Reynolds Library. Vice-Presi- 

 dent J. M. Davison in the chair. Thirty-eight persons present. 

 F. W. Warner presented a paper entitled : 



BIOMETRY, A DISCUSSION OF LONGEVITY. 



The paper was discussed by Professor Dodge, Dr. Roseboom, 

 Dr. Goler, Mr. Davison and Mr. Keeler. 



November 10, 1896. 



The meeting was held at the Reynolds Library. President 

 Fairchild in the chair. Forty persons present. 



Mr. George Hebard and Mrs. Marie Shiel were elected 

 active members of the society. 



The Council recommended the election of Senor Antonio 

 Gordon, President of the Royal Academy of Sciences of Havana, 



