178 Association of American Geologists. 
Fourth day of session, Friday, April 9, 1841.—The Associa- 
tion met, pursuant to adjournment, at half past nine o’clock, A. M. 
Prof. Silliman in the chair. 
After the minutes of yesterday had been read and adopted, 
Dr. Beck moved a series of resolutions, of which the first was 
adopted, as follows: ee 
Resolved, That the thanks of the Association be presented to 
Professor Hitchcock for the interesting and valuable address de- 
livered last evening; and that a copy of the same be requested 
for publication. 
The committee on business reported the following resolutions, 
which were all adopted excepting the first,—it being laid on the 
table. | | pe 
Resolved, 1. That the committee recommend to the Association 
the first Monday of May as the period for the next annual meeting. 
2. That the Association adjourn its present annual session this 
week. 
3. That a committee of five be appointed to draft a constitu- 
tion and by-laws for the regulation of future proceedings of the 
Association, and that each member of the committee be recom- 
mended to draft a plan of organization, to be discussed by the 
committee. “Sau 
4. That at each meeting a local committee of three members, 
resident at the place of the next annual meeting, be appointed, 
for the purpose of making arrangements for the reception of the 
Association. 
5. That the members of the “ Academy of Natural Sciences” 
be invited to attend the present session of the Association, and to 
participate in its proceedings. 
Prof. Renwick, Mr. Nuttall, and Dr. Hayden of Baltimore; 
were recommended as members of the Association. ; 
Dr. Harlan exhibited models of the fossil remains of the Di- 
notherium giganteum. 
€ first specimen presented to the view of the Association, was the 
cast of a small model of the Dinotherium giganteum or the great fossil 
Tapir of Cuvier—the only model of the kind, which, as far as Dr. Har- 
lan is aware, has yet reached America. The Paris Garden of Plants, 
possesses a model of the skull of the size of nature, which is sold by the 
German naturalists, Messrs. Klipstein and Kaup, for $100. The dimen- 
sions of this skull are four feet in length, three feet in width, and two 
feet in height. In peculiarity of structure and colossal dimensions, 
