CONTENTS. 



Prospectus, 1 



An Early Voyage beyond the Cape of Good Hope, . . . . 3 



Nicaragua, ; 7 



Col. Leslie's Expedition Cannon in 1775 on the North Bridge 



Wharf, 10 



On Guano Deposits, 11 



Memoir of George W. Fahnestock, 13 



Memoir of John Cassin, . 1 ."> 



Regular Meeting, Monday, January 4, 1< 



Regular Meeting, Monday, January 18 1<> 



Letters announced, . ... 17, 33, 65, 94, 107, 127, 143,\~>5 

 Additions to the Library, ." . . 18, 33, 66, 94, 108, 144, 155 

 Additions to the Museums of the Institute and the Peabocly Acad- 

 emy of Science, 19, 35, 71, 128, 159 



Deflciences in Library, 19 



Indian Relics, .21 



Essex Institute Press, ' . . . .22 



Union Building, . 24 



Sketch of the Life of the late Horace Mann, ... 25, 41 



Regular Meeting, Monday, February 1, 31 



Notices of the Monstrosities of the Trout, 31. 



Regular Meeting, Monday, February 15, 32 



Notice of a paper on " Vertigo inhabiting Polynesia, with Descriptions 

 of New Species, by Harper Pease," 32. Notice of Meeting of Ameri- 

 can Association for the Advancement of Science, in Salem, August 

 18, 18K>, 32. 



Duplicates in Library, ... 35 



First Houses in Salem, by W. P. Upham, . . 37, 53, 129, 145 



Regular Meeting, Monday, March 1 50 



G. D. Phippcn'd remarks on the ' Old Planters," Salem, 51. 



Regular Meeting, Monday, March 15 -. .52 



J. G. Waters' Reminiscences of the Fire Clubs in Salem, 52. 

 Leslie's Expedition to Salem in 1775. Communication from Mrs. 



Jared Sparks in relation thereto, 57 



Notice of a singular Erratic in Lynn, known by the name of Pha- 

 eton Rock. By C. M. Tracy, 59 



Regular Meeting, Monday, April 5 64 



C. W. Upham's Address on the Colonial Records of Massachusetts, 64. 



Regular Meeting, Monday, April 19 64 



C. W. Upham's Memoir of D. P. King, 64. 



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