IV CONTENTS. 



Annual Meeting, Wednesday, May 10, Gl 



Reports of Recording Secretary,!!]. Superintendent of Museum. 65. 

 Treasurer, 60. Librarian, 67. Communication of the President, 

 on Public Library, Memorial Hall, 68. Officers elected, 71. 



Regular Meeting, Monday, May 15, 72 



Mementos from the Recent Franco-German War, by A. H. Johnson, 72. 



Field Meeting at North Beverly, Thursday, June 15, . . 77 



Notice of the Excursion, 77. Tornado, or Cyclone, at Wenham, by 

 D. II. Johnson, Hi. Remarks of Mr. Dodge, on the Cyclone, 81. F. 

 W. Putnam, on the Alewives and other Fishes collected In the 

 Lake, 88. Communications from the President on Rev. John Chip- 

 man, 90. Rev. Enos Hitchcock. 9-2. Rev. Daniel Oliver, 93. Rev. 

 Moses Dow. 94. Remarks of Henry Wilson, 9t. 



Adjourned Meeting, Friday, June 20, 95 



Field Meeting at East Gloucester, Thursday, June 29, . . 97 



Notice of the Ramble, 97. G. D. Phippen's remarks on Botanical 

 Specimens collected, 101. Chrysopa, and its Eggs, by J. II. Emer- 

 ton, 106. History of the Baptist Church in East Gloucester, by 

 Rev. J. II. Gannett. 106. Mr. Gannett, on Geology, 110. Remarks 

 of A. H. Johnson, on "The Study of the Lower Forms of Life", 110. 



Remarks of Rev. E. C. Bolles, on "Helix Hortensis, or Garden 

 Snail." 111. on "limnze columella." 115. Remarks by Rev. 11. Eddy 

 of Gloucester, 116. of Win. B. Trai-k of Boston, "HO. of E.N. 

 Walton, 116, and James Davis of Gloucester, 116. 



Field Meeting near "Ship Hock" in Peabocly, Wednesday, Aug. 2, 117 



Notice of the Excursion, 117. Remarks of the President, 121. Indian 

 Relics from. Beverly, by F. W. Putnam, 12:J. Remarks of J. H. 

 Emerton, on Plants Collected, 12.5. W. B. Trask's remarks on the 

 old "Trask House" in Salem, 12:i. ' Phaeton Rock "by F. W. 

 Putnam, 128. Wigwam Rock, by Jones Very, 129. 



Special Meeting, Tuesday, September 5, .... , 131 



Remarks of the President, 131. Lord's Memorial Address on A. 

 Huntington, 131. Remarks of A. W. Dodge, 132. 



Regular Meeting, Monday, Oct. 16, 132 



President's remarks on "The Chicago Academy of Science," 135. 

 Remarks of F. W. Putnam, 136. Resolutions of Sympathy and 

 Tender of Aid to the Chicago Academy of Science Adopted. 138. 

 Hi-marks of the B*esident on the ' Chicago Historical Society," 138. 



Resolutions of Sympathy, and Tender of Aid to the "Chicago 

 Historical Society Adopted, 139. Communi'-ation from W. II. Fos- 

 ter, on the Salem and Boston Stage Company, 139. 



Regular Meeting, Monday, November 1, 1871, .... 145 



F. W. Putnam, Remarks on Bos Americanus, 147. F. W. Putnam, 

 ou the Ancient Fortilieation, on the Wabash River, 148. 



Quarterly Meeting, Wednesday, November 8, 155 



Regular Meeting, Monday, Nov. 20, ....... .155 



Little Auk, 156. A. C. Goodell. Jr., Sketch of the Legislation of Mas- 

 sachusetts (The Provincial Period ), 157. 



Regular Meeting, Monday, December 4, 161 



Remarks of E. S. Atwood, 163. 

 Regular Meeting, Monday, December 18, . ... 163 



Remarks of F. W. Putnam on the Mammoth Cave and, its Inhabi- 

 tants, 165. 



