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Mr. Stearns made some verbal remarks concerning Dr. Kel- 
loge’s paper, and mentioned the proper and improper methods 
of transplanting the young trees. 
Mr. Stearns also called the attention of the Academy to the 
peculiarities of certain young trout in the hatching troughs at 
Berkeley. Some of the fish which were hatched from eggs 
brought from the Eastern States by rail, were double—some 
two heads and one tail, and others. were distinctly formed but 
joined together by a filmy substance. 
A letter was read from Prof. D. C. Gilman, President of the 
University of California, inviting the members of the Academy 
to hold a session at Berkeley on Monday, February 22d. 
The invitation was accepted, and the Academy adjourned to 
meet at Berkeley on Monday, February 22d, at 11 a. m. 
Speci, Merrine ar Burxenny, F'epruary 22d, 1875. 
Henry G. Hanks in the Chair. 
Mr. Stearns, in behalf of the Academy, made some remarks 
to those present, reminding the members that the Academy must 
depend mainly upon the University to fill its ranks as time 
thinned it of its pioneers. 
Professor Joseph LeConte read the following paper, the result 
of original investigations near Lake Tahoe: 
On some of the Ancient Glaciers of the Sierra. 
BY JOSEPH LE CONTE, 
Professor of Geology of the University of California. 
TI.—SomeE or THE TRIBUTARIES OF LAKE VALLEY GLACIER. 
Last summer I had again an opportunity of examining the pathways of 
some of the ancient glaciers of the Sierra. It will be remembered, by those 
interested in this subject, that two years ago I published a paper with the 
above title.* One of the grandest of the glaciers there mentioned was one 
*Am, Journal, Ser. III, Vol. 5, p. 125. Proc. Cal. Acad. Sciences, Vol. IV, part 5, p. 259. 
