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him pleasure to come here once more to visit these woods 

 where he had derived so much pleasure in the past. He 

 exhibited and described numerous plants that had been 

 collected during the day; among them may be enumer- 

 ated the Clethra, the Viburnums and Cornel, several va- 

 rieties of the Orchis, Mikamia and several species of the 

 composite, and others. The introduced plants seem to 

 multiply more numerously than the native, and give the 

 agriculturists the most trouble as weeds. 



Rev. E. C. BOLLES, of Salem, said that if Prof. E. S. 

 Morse was here he could have his old enthusiasm aroused 

 at the sight of this collection of shells. He described 

 several of the specimens, and added a few words con- 

 cerning the transportation of shells, plants, etc., from other 

 lands, and of his own collection of shells of the English 

 coast. On the American coast he had found specimens 

 belonging to the same species as the land snails of Eng- 

 land, with certain variations showing that they have become 

 Americanized. The part of the country in which Mr. 

 Dixon happens to be at the present time' is particularly 

 barren of both land and fluviatile shells, but more will bo 

 found on the coast of Maine. In this world, life swarms 

 about us at every point, and from this fact he drew reflec- 

 tions upon the revelations of life and order, and said that 

 these scientific camp-meetings are intended to diffuse in- 

 formation of nature, just as the religious camp-meetings 

 are intended to spread a knowledge of that Creator from 

 whom religion and all these natural wonders spring. 



Hon. ALLEN W. DODGE, of Hamilton, gave some facts 

 concerning Rev. Dr. M. Cutler, and of his predecessor, 

 Rev. Mr. Wigglesworth, both of whom had long pastor- 

 ates in this town. Dr. Cutler was a remarkable man, not 



