320 PROCEEDINGS OF [1843. 



Lead Ore, from Arkansas ; Cotton and Cotton-Seed, from Big Black 

 River, Hides County, Mississippi.— From M. D. Collins. 



Two specimens of Silver, from Coast of California.— From J. T. 

 Ames. . 



Trilobite, from Morgan County, Sleepy Creek, \irgmia.—i' ro/« ^Z- 



exander Ambler. 



Two Newspapers, from Newfoundland ; five pieces of Continental 

 Paper Money. — From J. Templar. 



Plaster Head of General Washington.— From Miss C. Gnllaudet. 



Bronze Statute of General W'&sh'mglon.— Deposited by P. W. Gal- 

 laudet. 



Copper Coin of George H, of England— From Baixiel Holmes. 



Copper Coin, wiili the Lord's Prayer on one side, a Crown and 

 Halo on the other. — From Peter C'allan. 



Large Silk Worm, from New Orleans; inhabits the willows on the 

 banks of the Bayous. — From James Saul. 



Map of Madrid, and Plaster Cast of a Sacrifice.— From Mrs. Mar- 

 garet Julien. 



Or'tygometra noveboracensis, (New York Rail,) said to be the only 

 specimen ever found in this District, killed on the Potomac river, 

 opposite Washington. — From George Washington Custis. 



For (he Library. 



History of Vermont, Natural, Civil, and Statistical, in three parts, 

 octavo, by Zadock Thompson. — From Henry Stevens. 



Stated Meeting, December 11, 1843. 



The Corresponding Secretary announced the following contribu- 

 lions and donations : 



For the Cabinet. 



Package of Seeds collected by Dr. Schrenk, for the Imperial Bo- 

 tanic Garden of St, Petersburg, from the country of the Kirghees. — 

 From the Imperial Garden, by Professor Fischer. 



Two specimens of Proteus, or Hypochton anguinus, (in a large bot- 

 tle,) very rare, found only in Carniola, Austria, described by Dr. 

 Schreibers, in Philosophical Transactions, London, 1801, &tc., 

 &ic. — From Charles de Schreibers, M. D., Aulic Councillor, 

 Director of the Imperial and Royal Cabinet of Natural History 

 at Vienna. 



Stalactite, from the celebrated cave of Adelsburg, in Carniola; 

 Chamois' Horns, killed on the hunting grounds of the Archduke 

 John of Austria, from the mountains of Styria ; Candlestick, 

 xnadc of Salzberg Marble, with which the columns of iho Walhalla 



