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MR. JOHN ROBINSON, after expressing his pleasure at 

 the reading of the foregoing paper, moved that the thanks 

 of the Institute be presented to Mr. Peabody, and that a 

 copy be requested for printing in the Publications of the 

 Institute adopted. 



Mr. F. W. PUTNAM followed, and alluded to the sailing 

 of the barque "Eliza" in 1848, and his presence on the 

 wharf on the interesting occasion, he being then a boy 

 and entering into all the enthusiasm of the crowd that 

 had there assembled, and said that he had listened with 

 great interest to the paper by Mr. Peabody, from its 

 bearings on archaeological facts. Here was a case illus- 

 trating the sudden rise of numerous and large towns, 

 embracing extensive works, during his own boyhood, and 

 in less than a quarter of a century many of their well 



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