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and died June 6, 1796. Jonathan H. Orne of Marblehead, who has 

 taken an active part in the temperance movement, is also of this 

 family. 



His third son, Joseph Orne, married Anna Tomson, and had Jo- 

 seph, who died without issue. Timothy married Lois Pickering; 

 Anna the wife of John Cabot. Josiah married Sarah Ingersoll; and 

 Mary, wife of Joseph Grafton. 



Timothy was the father of Timothy, who died July 14, 1767, a dis- 

 tinguished and successful merchant. 



Josiah Orne was the father of Jonathan Orne, who died January 2, 

 1774, aged 51, and grandfather of Dr. Joseph Orne, who deceased in 

 1786 (a good physician and a man distinguished for his attainments in 

 literature and science), and of William Orne, the subject of the present 

 notice. ' 



Eemarks were then made by the Secretary, Mr. JOHN BOBINSON, 

 upon some manuscript books that had been given to the Institute by 

 Mr. William A. Lander, and jottings were read from them. They 

 were a diary, principally of maritime events that occurred in and 

 about Salem during the war of 1812-15, and consequently contain a 

 large amount of valuable, as well as entertaining, details of our his- 

 tory during that time. 



Dr. PACKARD gave an account of a recent trip to Key West and the 

 Tortugas, Florida, describing in general terms the marine fauna, 

 comparing it with that of New England and the Arctic Ocean. He 

 alluded to the poisonous nature of corals, especially of the madre- 

 pores, stating that his hands after handling them for a few hours 

 became very sore, much swollen, with considerable local fever ; this 

 state of things lasting for several days. The application of glycer- 

 ine was made with good results. The living coral should be gath- 

 ered with the hands protected by gloves or mittens, or anointed with 

 glycerine or grease. The poisoning was caused by the poisonous 

 microscopic darts contained within the lasso cells of the coral polyps. 

 The "Pepper Coral," or Millepora, was still more distressing in its 

 poisonous qualities and should never be handled unless the hands are 

 thoroughly protected. 



He also described the effects on marine life of an intensely cold 

 period on Dec. 24, 25, 1856, when the thermometer went as low as 44, 

 very unusual for the latitude of Key West. As described to him by 

 several gentlemen at Key West, multitudes of fish were killed and 

 cast ashore. On Dec. 25, 1868, there was another frost, ice was found 

 and quantities of fish was strewn along the beaches. He compared 

 such a wide spread desolation among the marine animals of the 



