IV CONTENTS. 



Social Meeting, Tuesday, May 24, 78 



Opening remarks by the President, 78. Remarks of A. C. Goodell, 79; 

 of George D. Phippen, 79; of C. M. Tracy, 80. Programme of 



Music, 80. 



Notice of Acts and Resolves of the Province of Massachusetts 

 Bay, 81 



Notice of a Genealogical Memoir of the Stickney Family, . . 84 

 Notice of Packard's Guide to the Study of Insects. ... 85 



Field Meeting at Bradford, Thursday, June 16, . . .86 



Notice of the excursion, 8(J. F. W. Putnam's remarks on zoological 

 specimens collected, 91. A. Hyatt's remarks on Eozooti in Essex 

 County, 93. A. S. Packard's account of the Currant Saw Fly, 93. 

 Specification of items from the old Records of the Town, 96. G. B. 

 Phippen's notice of the Flora, 104. Account of Bradford Academy, 

 105. 



Dark Lane, with allusions to other localities of Wild Plants in 

 Salem, by George D. Phippen, 97 



Field Meeting at Swampscott, Wednesday, July 21, . . . 106 

 Notice of the excursion. 106, F. W. Putnam, notice of Fishes, 110. 

 E. S. Morse on some of the common forms of life on the sea shore, 

 111. A. Hyatt's remarks on the Geology, 111. C. F. Winslow, ou 

 the dynamics of geology, 112. W. P. Upham on the ancient topog- 

 raphy, 116. 



Giles Corey and Goodwife Corey, a ballad of 1692, . . .113 

 Adjourned Meeting, Friday, July 22, 117 



Field Meeting at West Peabody, Thursday, August 4, . .117 



Notice of the excursion, 117. G. D. Phippen's Notice of the Flora, 

 120. J. H. Emerton, on some habits of the Spiders, 120. E. S. 

 Morse, on the Grasshoppers, 120. W. P. Upham, on the Historical 

 associations of the place (farm of Giles Corey), 121. W. F. Poole's 

 remarks on the same subject, 123. W. P. Upham's reply, 127. 



Quarterly Meeting, Wednesday, August 10, . . . . . 127 

 Notes and Queries on Salem Harbor, . . . . . 129 



Excursion to Plymouth, Thursday, September 1, 1870. . . 136 

 Notice of the excursion, 136. 143. Albert Mason's address of welcome, 

 137. Reply of the President of the Institute, 139. G. B. Loring's 

 address, 140. Thomas Russell's remarks, 143. 



Old Channels of Trade, by Robert S. Rantoul, . . . .145 



Regular Meeting, Monday, September 5, 154 



Notice of the death of A. Huntington, President of Institute. 1861-05. 

 154. Resolutions to the memory of Mr. Huntiugton adopted, 155. 



Field Meeting at Methu^f, Thursday, September 15, . . . 15G 

 Notice of the excursion. 156. Remarks of F. W. Putnam, 161. N. M. 

 Williams, 161. E. S. Morse, 161. T. G. Grassie, 162. C. M.Tracy, 

 on Sarracenia and Fungi, 162. 



Regular Meeting, Monday, October 3, . . < . . .164 



Regular Meeting* Monday, November 7, 165 



Quarterly Meeting, Wednesday, November 9, . . . .165 



Regular Meeting, Monday, December 5, 165 



J. Kimball, on ancient topography of Salem. Kiii. 



Regular Meeting, Monday, December 19, 170 



F. )J". Putnam on Hemiramphus, and on abnormal growth of incisor 

 teeth of woodchnck. 171. W. Maynard's lecture on tanning, 172. 



