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small currants. These small apples were doubtless the original 

 apples, proving that the sin of Adam and Eve was based on the 

 eating of very innocent looking small fruit, and also that we still 

 have the means of original sin. He added, however, that both 

 apples and sins have since grown larger as conditions admitted. 



On motion of 0. B. Hadwen a vote of thanks to Mr. Allen for 

 his very mteresting and instructive paper was unanimously passed. 



The Chairman of the Committee on Publication and Discussion 

 announced that on the next Saturdaj', Thomas C. Thurlow, of 

 West Newbury, would read a paper entitled, "A Plea for Protect- 

 ino- Our Native Birds." 



BUSINESS MEETING. 



Saturday, March 21, 1891. 



An adjourned meeting of the Society Avas holden at eleven 

 o'clock, the President, William H. Spooner, in the chair. 



The President announced the decease, at Indianapolis, Indiana, 

 on the eleventh instant, of John B. Russell, the last survivor of 

 the founders and corporators of the Society. John G. Barker 

 moved that a committee of three be appointed by the Chair ta 

 prepare a testimonial to the memor}^ of Mr. Russell. The motion 

 was carried and the Chair appointed as that Committee, Mr. 

 Barker, C. H. B. Breck, and Robert Manning. 



Adjourned to Saturday, March 28. 



MEETING FOR DISCUSSION. 



A Plea for Protecting our Native Birds. 



By Thomas C. Thurlow, West Newbury. 



It is said of the Pilgrim Fathers that, during the first long and' 

 severe winter in this country, their hearts often failed them, and 

 they more than once decided if they lived till spring to take ship 

 and go back to the mother country-, leaving this cold, bleak coast in 

 the undisputed possession of wild beasts and savages. The fickle 



