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  OF 
  SCIENCES. 
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  also 
  for 
  venereal 
  diseases. 
  There 
  is 
  a 
  bush 
  (chapuin) 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  mountains, 
  with 
  a 
  

   very 
  pale 
  tea-green 
  bark, 
  and 
  minute 
  golden 
  specks 
  on 
  the 
  small 
  limbs, 
  which 
  is 
  

   probably 
  California 
  sassafras, 
  and 
  which 
  is 
  very 
  highly 
  esteemed 
  for 
  coughs 
  and 
  

   colds, 
  a 
  tea 
  of 
  the 
  bark 
  being 
  given. 
  Another 
  root, 
  (palUc) 
  spignet 
  from 
  its 
  

   appearance, 
  is 
  made 
  into 
  a 
  tea 
  and 
  drunk 
  for 
  diarrhoea 
  ; 
  this 
  also 
  is 
  very 
  

   valuable. 
  There 
  is 
  still 
  another 
  root, 
  (Htwatj) 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  Truckee, 
  which 
  is 
  

   good 
  for 
  the 
  dropsy. 
  

  

  Although 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  strictly 
  germain 
  to 
  the 
  topic, 
  I 
  may 
  be 
  permitted 
  to 
  state 
  

   that 
  the 
  Indians 
  have 
  names 
  for 
  all 
  the 
  internal 
  organs 
  of 
  the 
  human 
  body 
  ; 
  and 
  

   their 
  ideas 
  of 
  their 
  functions, 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  operations 
  of 
  medicine, 
  are 
  at 
  least 
  as 
  

   respectable 
  as 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  Chinese. 
  

  

  Regular 
  Meeting, 
  September 
  21st, 
  1874. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  absence 
  of 
  the 
  President 
  and 
  Vice 
  President, 
  Dr. 
  Hark- 
  

   ness 
  was 
  called 
  to 
  the 
  Chair. 
  

  

  Thirty-nine 
  members 
  present. 
  

  

  Donations 
  to 
  the 
  Museum 
  : 
  Four 
  jars 
  of 
  alcoholic 
  specimens 
  

   were 
  received 
  from 
  John 
  C. 
  Merrill. 
  Twenty-one 
  fine 
  specimens 
  

   of 
  fossils, 
  and 
  six 
  jars 
  of 
  alcoholic 
  specimens 
  from 
  Alaska, 
  were 
  

   received 
  from 
  the 
  office 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  Coast 
  Survey 
  ; 
  accom- 
  

   panying 
  these 
  specimens 
  was 
  a 
  letter 
  from 
  J. 
  S. 
  Lawson, 
  dated 
  U. 
  

   S. 
  Coast 
  Survey 
  Brig 
  R. 
  H. 
  Fauntleroy, 
  Admiralty 
  Inlet, 
  Wash- 
  

   ington 
  Territory, 
  August 
  1st, 
  1874, 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  On 
  behalf 
  of 
  Captain 
  Charles 
  Willoughby, 
  sailing 
  master 
  of 
  this 
  vessel, 
  I 
  

   send, 
  for 
  the 
  California 
  Academy 
  of 
  Sciences, 
  two 
  cases 
  containing 
  some 
  teeth 
  . 
  

   portions 
  of 
  tusks 
  and 
  of 
  bones, 
  supposed 
  to 
  be 
  remains 
  of 
  the 
  Elephns 
  Primi- 
  

   genius. 
  These 
  were 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  beach 
  atScatchet 
  Head,Whidley 
  Island; 
  and 
  

   as 
  their 
  appearance 
  indicates 
  — 
  all 
  being 
  thickly 
  encrusted 
  with 
  small 
  barnacles 
  

   when 
  picked 
  up 
  — 
  they 
  have 
  been 
  subjected 
  to 
  the 
  action 
  of 
  water 
  for 
  a 
  long 
  

   time. 
  I 
  am 
  informed 
  that 
  some 
  fourteen 
  years 
  ago 
  a 
  large 
  slide 
  took 
  place 
  at 
  

   this 
  point, 
  since 
  which 
  time 
  portions 
  of 
  these 
  remains 
  have, 
  from 
  time 
  to 
  time, 
  

   been 
  picked 
  up. 
  One 
  tooth 
  then 
  found, 
  and 
  now 
  in 
  possession 
  of 
  Arthur 
  

   Phinney, 
  Esq., 
  of 
  Port 
  Ludlow, 
  shows 
  no 
  sign 
  of 
  having 
  lain 
  in 
  the 
  water. 
  

  

  Captain 
  Willoughby 
  has 
  climbed 
  the 
  bluff 
  in 
  several 
  places 
  whenever 
  he 
  

   could 
  make 
  an 
  ascent, 
  but 
  could 
  not 
  find 
  any 
  of 
  these 
  remains. 
  Those 
  now 
  

  

  