Sfj PROCEEDINGS OF THE ASSOCIATION OF 



rocks, detailing what he conceived to be tlie cause of the inverted 

 dip observable along the southern border of the Kittatiny series, 

 ascribing it to a great force acting laterally, and folding and crush- 

 ing the axes so as to produce this inverted dip by tossing the 

 strata many degrees beyond the perpendicular, and thus produ- 

 cing the present apparent dip of the lower stratified or sedimen- 

 tary rocks beneath the primary. 



Adjourned to half-past nine o'clock to-morrow morning. 



In the evening, the members of the Association had the pleasure, 

 in common with a number of citizens, of listening to a very 

 interesting and appropriate address from Prof. Hitchcock, em- 

 bracing all the points at present most interesting to the American 

 geologist. 



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 : 



Resolved, That the thanlcs 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 resolu- 

 tions, which were all adopted except the first, — it being laid on 

 the table. 



Resolved, 1. That the committee recommend to the Associa- 

 tion 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. 



4. That at each meeting a local committee of three members, 

 resident at the place of the next annual meeting, be appointed, 

 for the piirpose of making arrangements for the reception of the 

 Association. 



5. That the members of the "Academy of Natural Sciences" 



