66 PROCEEDINGS OF THE CALIFORNIA 
of selecting and engaging in the summer of 1861, on behalf of the government 
of Japan, to act as government Mineralogists and Mining Engineers. 
A glorious opening now presents itself for some reliable and competent 
scholar, with pecuniary means at command, to collect a library of books re- 
lating to the Asiatic, shores of the North Pacific ocean, as perfect in its way 
as is that of our great historian, Hubert H. Bancroft, relating to the native 
races of the American coast; and when as systematically classified, and as 
thoroughly studied, give to the world full and correct historical details and 
analytical classifications of all native races on the borders of Asia; many of 
whose records and traditions must necessarily fade with radical changes in 
civilization, and soon pass beyond human reach. 
The splendid sunrise, now dawning in the Orient, offers golden opportun- 
ities, which should be promptly improved while available. Old ways are 
giving place to new, and invaluable treasures of antiquity may be lost for- 
ever, or cast aside to linger for a generation or two, in the memories of the 
aged, before their shadowy forms become enshrouded in the misty veil of a 
forgotten past. 
Dr. Stout referred briefly to the death of Sir Charles Lyell, 
and a Committee of three was appointed to draft appropriate 
resolutions. The Chair appointed John Muir, H. G. Hanks, 
and Dr. A. Kellogg. 
Reevtar Meetine, Marcu 15, 1875. 
Vice-President Gibbons in the Chair. 
Twenty-two members present. 
Henry R. Taylor and J. W. Anderson were elected resident 
members; and Arthur C. Taylor was proposed. 
Donations to the Museum: From John Muir, lava from Mt. 
Shasta; also specimens of Pellea ternifolia and Cupressus McNab- 
tana. 
Mr. Amos Bowman read a paper on Terraces in the Coast 
Range as related to the detritus of glaciers and of the ancient 
rivers. 
Charles Wolcott Brooks read the following paper: 
