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FIELD MEETING AT LANESVILLE, WEDNESDAY, 

 JULY 18, 1877. 



THE second field meeting the present season was held 

 at Lanesville, a precinct in Gloucester, this day. The 

 place of gathering was at the Congregational Church, 

 which was placed at the disposal of the Institute for the 

 day. 



The afternoon session was commenced at 2 P. M. The 

 PRESIDENT in the chair. Records of preceding meeting 

 read. 



The PRESIDENT remarked briefly on the former meet- 

 ings held in Gloucester, and of the interest manifested in 

 the objects of the Society by the people of the place, 

 speaking particularly of the late Rev. S. Barden, the min- 

 ister of Rockport, and an indefatigable student of the 

 mineralogy and geology of this section of the county. 



Mr. JAMES H. EMERTON, who during the forenoon had, 

 with the party under his direction, found many specimens 

 of marine animals, and had arranged them on the tables, 

 explained the structure and habits of several of the spe- 

 cies, illustrating his remarks by blackboard drawings. 

 He also showed by the microscope, after the adjournment 

 of the meeting, the eggs of the Monk fish (Lophius} , and 

 the worms (Spirorbis) which make the spiral shells on sea 

 weed. 



Mr. CHARLES H. SARGENT, of Gloucester, exhibited sev- 

 eral specimens of minerals which he had found while 

 making a survey near by. He gave the localities where 

 found and other information. 



Rev. FIELDER ISRAEL, of Salem, and Rev. BYRON G. 

 RUSSELL, of Rockport, spoke briefly in regard to ttye ob- 



