FIRST FIELD MEETING. 



The first Field Meeting of the Academy was held at 

 Akron, on June 3d and 4th. The weather had been for 

 some time very wet and unpropitious. But the Akron 

 Scientific Club took up the matter in earnest and made all 

 the necessary arrangement for the entertainment and pro- 

 fit of their visitors. Rain poured down alniust all the 

 preceding night, and morning broke with lowering clouds 

 and threatening skies. Such weather, of course deterred 

 many who would otherwise have been present, but not- 

 withstanding this drawback there was a good gathering. 

 The programme for the first day included an excursion by 

 steamer to Long Lake, starting about 10:30 on the arrival 

 of the morning trains. On the way up the canal the visit- 

 ors from Columbus, who had left the train at the crossing, 

 were taken on board and in about an hour the party 

 reached its destination among the waters and woods of 

 the beautiful "-Lake District" of Summit Co. After a 

 basket picnic dinner the botanists employed their time 

 among the trees of the swamp, and the geologists among 

 the great moraine banks to which the ponds and lakes 

 owe their existence. The boat being entirely at the ser- 

 vice of the party they were able t(^ stop where and as long 

 as they pleased, and did not reach the city again until 

 after six o'clock. 



In the evening at eight o'clock a reception was held 

 in the Grouse Gymnasium of Buchtel College, at which 

 the visitors were welcomed by the Mayor, the President 

 of the College, Dr. (). Cone, and the President of the 

 Akron Scientific Club. Suitable replies were made by 

 the Vice-President and other members of the Academy, 

 and the rest of the evening was spent comparing specimens 



