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November 14, 1899. 



The meeting was held at the Reynolds Library ; President 

 Fairchild in the chair ; seventy-eight persons present. 



Dr. W. D. Merrell was elected an active member of the 

 Society. 



The Rev. E. H. Edson gave an address entitled : 



A SECOND EVENING IN ALASKA. 



The lecture was illustrated by lantern slides from photographs 

 made by Mr. Edson, also by a large collection of implements, furs, 

 and curios. 



November 28, 1899. 



The meeting was held at the Reynolds Library; President 

 Fairchild in the chair; a good audience present. 



The paper of the evening was to have been given by Professor 

 Charles Wright Dodge, but he was unable to be present. 



President Fairchild made some remarks upon drumlins, 

 speaking of one which seemed to have distinct traces of water-cutting, 

 possibly due to a stream from the receding ice front. 



Mr. Kuichling spoke of the destructive force of a comparatively 

 small stream of water. He also asked if a satisfactory explanation had 

 ever been given of the formation of such regularly shaped ponds as the 

 one at Cartersville. Professor Fairchild gave as the most gen- 

 erally accepted theory for such ' ' Kettles ' ' the melting of blocks of 

 ice which had been buried or surrounded by sand and gravel. 



Professor Fairchild also spoke of sand dunes on the Ridge 

 Road, and the rapidity with which they were built. 



Dr. Charles T. Mitchell described a phenomenon called by 

 the residents the "tide," which occurs on still nights on Canan- 

 daigua Lake. He said that it is noticed chiefly on the west shore 

 of the southern half of the lake. The question of the origin of this 

 wave motion caused an interesting discussion by a number of the 

 members. 



