﻿academy 
  of 
  sciences. 
  177 
  

  

  Regular 
  Meeting, 
  Monday, 
  November 
  3d, 
  1873. 
  

   Vice-President 
  in 
  the 
  Chair. 
  

  

  Forty-five 
  members 
  present. 
  

  

  Robert 
  W. 
  Andrews, 
  E. 
  G. 
  Waite, 
  Thomas 
  Adam, 
  and 
  Henry 
  

   Michaels 
  were 
  elected 
  resident 
  members, 
  and 
  Joseph 
  A. 
  Donohoe 
  

   life 
  member. 
  

  

  Donations 
  to 
  the 
  Library 
  : 
  De 
  la 
  Nature 
  et 
  Povrtraict 
  des 
  Pois- 
  

   sons, 
  by 
  Pierre 
  Belon 
  ; 
  a 
  curious 
  old 
  work, 
  printed 
  in 
  1554 
  

   by 
  Henry 
  Estienne 
  ; 
  presented 
  by 
  Rev. 
  Albert 
  Williams. 
  Voy- 
  

   age 
  de 
  decouvertes 
  de 
  I'Astrolabe, 
  twenty-two 
  parts 
  (text) 
  and 
  

   five 
  folio 
  volumes 
  of 
  atlas 
  and 
  plates 
  ; 
  also. 
  Voyage 
  autour 
  du 
  

   Monde 
  sur 
  la 
  corvette 
  La 
  Bonite, 
  in 
  seventeen 
  parts 
  (text) 
  and 
  

   three 
  folio 
  volumes 
  of 
  plates 
  ; 
  the 
  latter 
  including 
  plates 
  of 
  the 
  

   expeditions 
  of 
  the 
  frigates 
  Venus 
  and 
  Ocean. 
  The 
  above 
  valu- 
  

   able 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  Library 
  is 
  made 
  by 
  a 
  " 
  Friend 
  " 
  of 
  the 
  Acad- 
  

   emy 
  through 
  Dr. 
  George 
  Hewston, 
  who 
  remarked 
  : 
  " 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  

   difficulties 
  which 
  all 
  students 
  of 
  natural 
  history 
  have 
  to 
  en- 
  

   counter 
  on 
  ■ 
  this 
  coast 
  is 
  the 
  deficiency 
  of 
  works 
  of 
  reference^ 
  

   Having 
  stated 
  this 
  fact 
  to 
  a 
  friend, 
  whom 
  I 
  accidentally 
  met 
  in 
  a. 
  

   book 
  store, 
  he 
  with 
  his 
  accustomed 
  liberality, 
  which 
  only 
  equals 
  his- 
  

   modesty, 
  at 
  once 
  responded 
  to 
  my 
  soHcitation, 
  and 
  has 
  affiarded 
  me 
  

   the 
  pleasure 
  of 
  donating 
  this 
  magnificent 
  set 
  of 
  voyages 
  to 
  the 
  

   Library 
  of 
  this 
  institution 
  ; 
  and 
  I 
  regret 
  that 
  he 
  has 
  placed 
  a 
  ban 
  

   upon 
  my 
  announcing 
  his 
  name 
  to 
  the 
  Academy, 
  Hoping 
  that 
  

   these 
  beautiful 
  drawings 
  will 
  add 
  to 
  the 
  advantages 
  of 
  our 
  institu- 
  

   tion 
  and 
  assist 
  the 
  student 
  of 
  nature 
  in 
  his 
  pursuits, 
  I 
  commit 
  them 
  

   to 
  your 
  care." 
  A 
  special 
  vote 
  of 
  thanks 
  was 
  unanimously 
  voted 
  

   by 
  the 
  Academy, 
  and 
  Dr. 
  Hewston 
  was 
  requested 
  to 
  present 
  the 
  

   same 
  to 
  the 
  donor. 
  

  

  Donations 
  to 
  the 
  Museum 
  : 
  Skull 
  (of 
  a 
  Kanaka 
  ?) 
  from 
  an 
  old 
  

   battle 
  ground 
  on 
  Mauna 
  Loa, 
  S. 
  I. 
  Five 
  specimens 
  (two 
  species) 
  

   of 
  Crabs, 
  from 
  near 
  Shanghai, 
  China 
  ; 
  presented 
  by 
  Henry 
  Ed- 
  

   wards. 
  Jacket, 
  made 
  from 
  skins 
  of 
  the 
  entrails 
  of 
  seals, 
  from 
  

  

  Pkoc. 
  Cal. 
  Acad. 
  Sci., 
  Vol. 
  V.— 
  12. 
  Nov., 
  1873. 
  

  

  