266 PROCEEDINGS OF [1842. 



Letters and Communications. 



From Leonardo Porta, (to Mr. Poinsett,) Naples, February 27, 

 1842 : Transmitting a work, of which he is the author, to the Insti- 

 tute, which he hopes will approve his labors. 



From Dr. Samuel Webber, Charlestown, N. H., August 9, 1842 : 

 Submitting a manuscript containing observations on instinct, and a 

 grammar, by himself, on which he asks the opinion of a committee 

 of the Institute; and presenting a specimen of iron sand. 



From Marques de Paranagua, Rio de Janeiro, August 9, 1842. 



From Joseph Templeman, Secretary of Agricultural Society of 

 Newfoundland, St. John's, August 10, 1842. 



From the Royal Scottish Society of Arts, by James Tod, Secre- 

 tary, Edinburg, September 10, 1842: Acknowledging receipt of 

 constitution, and first and second bulletins, with thanks, and stating 

 that the Society will be happy to correspond with the National In- 

 stitute, &c. 



From L. D. Teackle, Washington, August 14, 1842: Presenting 

 ■an ancient record containing account of an expedition of Col. Ed- 

 mund Scarbury, printed by order of the House of Delegates of Ma- 

 ryland. 



From Robert Walsh, Paris, August 17, 1842: Transmitting a 

 communication from M. Guyetant, offering a fine herbal, of which a 

 ■description is given, for sale to the Institute. 



From his Excellency Don Andres Garcia Cambay, Minister Ma- 

 rine and Commerce, and ex-Governor and Captain General Philip- 

 pines, Madrid, August 18, 1842: Offering his services to the Insti- 

 tute, &iC., &iC. 



From his Excellency Don Fran. Henriques, ex-Intendent General 

 of the Philippines, and ex-President of the Real Sociedad Economica, 

 Madrid, August 20, 1842. 



From Je. Silvestre Rebelio, Rio de Janeiro, August 22, 1842: 

 Expressing pleasure at his election as a member of the Institute, and 

 a disposition to do all he can for it, &c., &c. 



From W. W. Andrews, U. S. Consul, Malta, August 26, 1842: 

 Enclosing letter to him from M. Rochet d'Hericourt, author of Tra- 

 vels in Abyssinia, dated Kosseir, in Egypt, March 1, 1842, contain- 

 ing various manuscript scientific observations in Eastern countries. 



From Eugene A. Vail, Paris, August, 1842: Transmitting statis- 

 tical and tabular statements respecting Ireland, by M. Cesar Moreau, 

 SiC, &tc. 



From M. Quetelet, Astronomer Royal and Secretary of Academy 

 of Sciences, (to Mr. Poinsett,) Brussells, September 6, 1842: 

 Transmitting several documents, and asking the co-operation of the 

 Institute in observing certain periodical phenomena respecting man, 



From W. W. Andrews, U. S. Consul, Malt , September 8, 1842: 

 Referring to his former letter respecting M. R. d'Hericourt, Sic. 



