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VOL. 10. SALEM, JAN., FEB., MAR., 1878. Nos. 1, 2, 3. 



MONDAY, JANUARY 7, 1878. 



A REGULAR MEETING was held this evening. The 

 PRESIDENT in the chair. Records of last meeting read. 

 Correspondence and donations announced. . 



Mr. J. "W. Thyng, of Salem, was elected a member. 



Dr. GEORGE A. PERKINS, of Salem, made some remarks 

 on Liberia, particularly of the region about Cape Pal mas, 

 where he had resided for nine years prior to 1848, con- 

 nected with the Episcopal Missionary Station at that place. 



After defining its geographical position he spoke of the 

 peculiarity of that part of the western coast of Africa 

 in having no harbors, ships being obliged to anchor 

 in the open roadstead, and all goods are landed either 

 through the surf or in rivers which are entered over bars 

 of sand at their mouths. 



The country, though flat, was beautified by extensive 

 forests of hioji trees, tangled with immense vines ; the tall 



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plumelike palms form a striking feature in the landscape, 

 are very abundant and give the name to Cape Palmas. 



Dr. Perkins gave an extended list of the productions 

 of the country, which included those that are common to 



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