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  leave 
  but 
  little 
  to 
  be 
  desired 
  in 
  that 
  direction. 
  But 
  still 
  improved 
  methods 
  of 
  

   observation 
  are 
  wanted 
  to 
  decrease 
  the 
  frightful 
  number 
  of 
  marine 
  disasters. 
  

   And 
  though 
  the 
  ideas 
  here 
  advanced 
  are 
  believed 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  step 
  in 
  the 
  right 
  direc- 
  

   tion, 
  yet 
  they 
  are 
  also 
  thrown 
  out 
  with 
  a 
  hope 
  of 
  eliciting 
  from 
  others 
  a 
  

   more 
  complete 
  solution 
  of 
  this 
  problem, 
  than 
  which, 
  none 
  other 
  more 
  interests 
  

   mankind. 
  And 
  the 
  complete 
  solution 
  of 
  it 
  — 
  that 
  would 
  make 
  practical 
  navi- 
  

   gation 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  exact 
  arts 
  — 
  would 
  evoke 
  the 
  lasting 
  gratitude 
  of 
  civilized 
  

   man 
  the 
  world 
  over. 
  

  

  Regular 
  Meeting, 
  June 
  15th, 
  1874. 
  

   President 
  in 
  the 
  Chair. 
  

  

  Fortj-six 
  members 
  present. 
  

  

  A. 
  E. 
  Head 
  was 
  elected 
  a 
  life 
  member, 
  Charles 
  T. 
  Dake 
  and 
  

   James 
  W. 
  Winter 
  resident 
  members, 
  and 
  J. 
  G. 
  Lemmon 
  and 
  H. 
  

   W. 
  Howgate 
  corresponding 
  members. 
  

  

  Donations 
  to 
  the 
  Museum 
  : 
  W. 
  N. 
  Lockington 
  presented 
  several 
  

   cases 
  of 
  insects, 
  and 
  some 
  alcoholic 
  specimens. 
  Mr. 
  Dameron 
  pre- 
  

   sented 
  a 
  lizard, 
  from 
  China, 
  used 
  for 
  medicinal 
  purposes 
  ; 
  also, 
  

   a 
  fossil, 
  from 
  Forest 
  Hill, 
  Placer 
  County. 
  Major 
  William 
  Ford 
  pre- 
  

   sented, 
  through 
  Messrs. 
  Barry 
  & 
  Patten, 
  a 
  supposed 
  weight 
  for 
  

   distension 
  of 
  thread, 
  used 
  in 
  spinning, 
  an 
  aboriginal 
  stone 
  imple- 
  

   ment, 
  found 
  twenty 
  feet 
  beneath 
  the 
  surface, 
  in 
  cement 
  gravel, 
  at 
  

   Martinez, 
  Contra 
  Costa 
  County, 
  California. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  James 
  Lick 
  presented 
  some 
  fragments 
  or 
  pieces 
  of 
  the 
  bat- 
  

   tle-flag 
  which 
  waved 
  over 
  Fort 
  McHenry, 
  during 
  its 
  bombardment, 
  

   on 
  the 
  13th 
  and 
  14th 
  of 
  September, 
  1814. 
  Accompanying 
  this 
  

   gift 
  was 
  a 
  letter 
  from 
  Mr. 
  Lick, 
  and 
  one 
  to 
  him 
  from 
  Commodore 
  

   George 
  Henry 
  Preble. 
  Also, 
  a 
  pamphlet, 
  containing 
  description 
  

   of 
  flag, 
  entitled, 
  " 
  Three 
  Historic 
  Flags, 
  and 
  Three 
  September 
  

   Victories," 
  a 
  paper 
  read 
  before 
  the 
  New 
  England 
  Historic 
  Gene- 
  

  

  