238 PROCEEDINGS OT [1842. 



for the Americans in Paris, and transmitted by them for the pur- 

 pose of being hung in the Hall of Representatives, as a pendant 

 to that of Washington. 



Mr. Robert Greenhow exhibited several living specimens of the 

 brilliant large fire-fly of the Island of Cuba, which he presented 

 to the Institution. 



It was announced that the Spagnoletto Picture, (Job and his Com- 

 forters,) presented by Dr. Gibbs, of Columbia, South Carolina, had 

 been repaired and framed, and hung up in the Hall. 



Adjourned Meeting, June 20, 1842. 



The Corresponding Secretary announced the following contribu- 

 tions and deposites : 



For the Cabinet. 



Stalactite from the Cherokee Nation. — From Mrs. George Clarice, of 



Georgetown. 

 Specimens of Colored Woods, Stc, as follow. — From Capt. George 



W. Hughes, Top. Engineers. 



1 A veneering of colored and polished Plane tree on common white pine. 



2 A sample of Apple tree wood, colored but not polished. 



3 Do. Pear " " " " 



4 Do. Willow " " " " 



5 Do. Beach tree wood colored and varnished. 



The above specimens prepared according to Weissen Creech's, an mprovcment 

 on Boucherie's process for the preservation and beautifying of timber, 



6 Samples of felt cloth, manufactured at Leeds, after an American Patent. 



7 Specimens of hois de bout, employed in the construction of road-ways, bridge 



floors, and economic railroads, at mines and manufactories. 

 Model of the rail and fastenings used on tiio Annapolis railroad. 

 Bateau a vapeur pour naviguer sur Ics canaux et les rivieres, par Ad. Le Hardy 



de Reaulieu, Ingenieur Civile a Siege. 



Box of Minerals, k,c., fee- — From Usher Parso7is, M. D., Provi- 

 dence, R. 1. 



For the Library. 



Laws of the Society for the Advancement of Horticulture in Russia, 

 Gth edition, Berlin. — List of the members of the above Society at 

 the end of December, 1840. — Transactions of the same, No. 30, 

 with engravings, vol. 15, part 1, 1810; No. 31, vol. 15, part 2, 

 1841. — From the Socicti/. 



Richerche intorno all' Applicazione delle Machine locomotive ai piani 

 Inclinati della Strade di Ferro. Memoria dell' Ingegnere Giovani 

 Arcari, Venezia, 1841. — Froin the Author. 



Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, vol. 2, No. 21, 

 January, February, March, and April, 1842. — From the Society. 



Onzieine Rapport Annuel sur les Travaux de la Societe d'Historie 

 Naturelle de I'lle Maurice, ISU. — Sur le Decroissement des 

 Foreis a I'lle Maurice, read before the Society of Natural History 

 of the Island of Mauritius, 1938. — From the Socicttj. 



Meteorological Observations, by B. B. Brown, M. D., St. Louis, 

 May, 1842.— FroOT Dr. Brown. 



