﻿ACADEMY 
  OF 
  SCIENCES. 
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  sented 
  a 
  specimen 
  of 
  kaolin 
  (.■?) 
  from 
  the 
  banks 
  of 
  Pitt 
  River, 
  

   Shasta 
  County 
  ; 
  a 
  piece 
  of 
  lava 
  from 
  Siskiyou 
  County. 
  Also, 
  

   specimens 
  of 
  copper, 
  coal, 
  and 
  iron, 
  from 
  Shasta 
  County. 
  W. 
  G. 
  W. 
  

   Harford 
  presented 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  slippers 
  such 
  as 
  are 
  used 
  by 
  fishermen 
  

   on 
  the 
  Japanese 
  island 
  of 
  Strick. 
  Henry 
  Edwards 
  presented 
  twenty- 
  

   six 
  specimens 
  of 
  Crustacea, 
  two 
  of 
  them 
  from 
  Canton, 
  China 
  ; 
  three 
  

   chrysalis 
  cases 
  ( 
  Oiketicus) 
  from 
  Mazatlan 
  ; 
  one 
  specimen 
  of 
  Echin- 
  

   oderms, 
  Vancouver 
  Island, 
  three 
  from 
  Mazatlan, 
  and 
  one 
  from 
  

   Panama 
  ; 
  seven 
  specimens 
  (six 
  species) 
  Ophiernidae 
  (?) 
  Mazatlan 
  ; 
  

   Grorgonia 
  and 
  corallines 
  from 
  Mazatlan 
  ; 
  two 
  nests 
  of 
  tarantula 
  

   with 
  the 
  spiders 
  from 
  Calaveras 
  County 
  ; 
  Ten 
  species 
  of 
  Cirrhi- 
  

   pedes 
  from 
  various 
  localities. 
  Dr. 
  Kellogg 
  presented 
  specimen 
  of 
  

   Amorpha. 
  

  

  The 
  President 
  donated 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  photographs 
  (25) 
  of 
  the 
  

   hieroglyphic 
  inscriptions 
  on 
  the 
  blocks 
  found 
  on 
  Easter 
  Island. 
  

   A 
  letter 
  was 
  read 
  on 
  the 
  subject 
  of 
  these 
  hieroglyphics 
  from 
  Mr. 
  

   Crofts 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  Papeete, 
  Tahiti, 
  April 
  30th, 
  1874. 
  

  

  Dear 
  Sir 
  : 
  Your 
  very 
  complimentary 
  letter, 
  of 
  February 
  4th, 
  was 
  received 
  

   by 
  me 
  at 
  a 
  moment 
  when 
  I 
  was 
  prostrated 
  by 
  a 
  severe 
  illness 
  ; 
  but 
  I 
  availed 
  my- 
  

   self 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  hours 
  of 
  convalescence, 
  con 
  amore, 
  to 
  attend 
  to 
  your 
  very 
  natu- 
  

   ral, 
  and 
  indeed, 
  somewhat 
  anticipated 
  requests. 
  Being 
  informed 
  by 
  Monseigneur 
  

   Axieri 
  that 
  it 
  would 
  be 
  impossible 
  for 
  him 
  to 
  let 
  you 
  have 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  blocks, 
  I 
  

   have 
  spared 
  no 
  exertions 
  to 
  obtain 
  for 
  you 
  two 
  good 
  sets 
  of 
  photographs 
  of 
  all 
  

   of 
  them, 
  in 
  accordance 
  with 
  your 
  desire. 
  

  

  The 
  Bishop, 
  owing 
  in 
  part 
  to 
  his 
  desire 
  to 
  ameliorate 
  your 
  disappointment 
  in 
  

   not 
  being 
  able 
  to 
  see 
  and 
  handle 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  coveted 
  articles, 
  and 
  partly 
  owing 
  to 
  his 
  

   own 
  innate 
  good 
  nature, 
  has 
  done 
  all 
  be 
  could 
  to 
  assist 
  me, 
  lending 
  me 
  the 
  blocks 
  

   (some 
  of 
  them 
  twice 
  over) 
  to 
  be 
  taken 
  to 
  the 
  photographer, 
  and 
  also 
  loaning 
  me 
  

   the 
  manuscript 
  chart 
  of 
  Easter 
  Island, 
  and 
  a 
  lithographic 
  view 
  of 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  

   statues, 
  (or 
  rather 
  " 
  busts 
  ") 
  together 
  with 
  other 
  assistance. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  De 
  Greno, 
  a 
  Swede, 
  now 
  residing 
  in 
  Papeete, 
  who 
  was 
  passenger 
  in 
  a 
  

   ship 
  which 
  was 
  sunk 
  at 
  Easter 
  Island, 
  having 
  been 
  run 
  in 
  there 
  in 
  a 
  sinking 
  

   condition, 
  and 
  who 
  was 
  obliged 
  to 
  stay 
  there 
  some 
  months 
  until 
  taken 
  off 
  by 
  a 
  

   brig 
  calling 
  there 
  on 
  her 
  way 
  here 
  from 
  Valparaiso, 
  and 
  who 
  takes 
  an 
  interest 
  

   in 
  everything 
  referring 
  to 
  that 
  island, 
  has 
  kindly 
  lent 
  me 
  part 
  of 
  a 
  Harper's 
  

   Weekly 
  of 
  April 
  26th, 
  1873, 
  from 
  which 
  I 
  have 
  had 
  photographed 
  a 
  portion 
  of 
  

   an 
  engraving 
  of 
  a 
  scene 
  in 
  Easter 
  Island. 
  I 
  should 
  advise 
  you 
  to 
  obtain 
  a 
  copy 
  

   of 
  the 
  said 
  Weekly, 
  and 
  see 
  the 
  whole 
  picture, 
  and 
  read 
  the 
  account 
  accompany- 
  

   ing 
  it, 
  I 
  have 
  submitted 
  it 
  to 
  the 
  examination 
  of 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  Easter 
  Island 
  

   natives, 
  and 
  they 
  inform 
  me 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  true 
  representation 
  of 
  the 
  actual 
  

  

  