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pils. These rooms are twelve and eleven feet high, newly furnished, 

 and receive a full supply of pure air and sunlight. The school halls, 

 recitation rooms, parlors, rooms for business, bathing rooms and 

 closets, are all on a most generous scale, whether for convenience, 

 health or comfort. The entire building is heated by steam, and 

 lighted by gas. No effort or expense has been spared to make this a 

 model establishment. 



After going over the building the party again met in the Hall and 

 listened to. some elocutionary exercises conducted in fine style, show- 

 ing great proficiency on the part of the pupils and efficiency on the 

 part of the teachers. The meeting then adjourned. 



At 5 o'clock the visitors took the train for home, much delighted 

 with their visit and the hospitable manner in which they were wel- 

 comed by the citizens of Bradford. 



FIELD MEETING AT SWAMPSCOTT, WEDNESDAY, 

 JULY 21, 1870. 



THE second field meeting, the present season, was held at Swamp- 

 scott this day. 



The morning was not auspicious for a large attendance, the sky 

 being overcast by clouds, which, however, disappeared as the day 

 advanced, and the later trains brought a large addition, so that the 

 afternoon session was fully attended. 



After leaving the baskets at the Town Hall, which was the place of 

 rendezvous for the day, all were quickly dispersed about the town; 

 some went to the woods, and roamed over the forest hills and dales 

 in search of wild flowers and rare specimens of plants ; others to 

 the seashore, and sought tjj.ft shells and other wonders from the briny 

 deep. Those who had an eye to the beauties of art took a quiet walk 

 through the streets and admired the beautiful suburban residences 

 and neat cottages embowered in ivy and other vines. 



At 1 P. M. the various parties returned to the Hall, where the bask- 

 ets had been stored for the collation. At 3 p. M. the session for dis- 

 cussion, etc., was held, the President in the chair. 



The records of preceding meeting read. 



The following correspondence was announced by the Secretary : 



From American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, June 19; Aiken, William E. A., 

 Baltimore, Md., June 25; Arnold, George, Boston. July 5; Bronson Library, 

 Waterbury, Conn., June 28; Barton, E. M., Worcester, July 1; Boyd, W. H., 

 Washington. D. C., June 12, 16, 27, July 2, 12; Buffalo Historical Society, June 16, 

 July 11; Challen, Howard, Philadelphia, July 1; Cook, George H., New Bruns- 

 wick, N. J., June 27; Duncan, M. W., Haverhill, June 27; Greene, S. A., Boston, 



