82 ANNUAL MEETING, MAY 15. 



Messrs. Low, and the works of the "McGee Furnace 

 Company," assembled in the rooms of the Chelsea Re- 

 view Club, where brief remarks were offered by Mr. J. 

 G. Low, who gave an account of the tile factory, how it 

 was commenced, and its progress to the present time ; by 

 Prof. E. S. Morse, who spoke of the pottery of the Japan- 

 ese ; and by Vice Pres. F. W. Putnam, on the pottery of 

 the several Indian tribes of America. 



Sixth meeting. At Whipple's, near the shores of the 

 Chebacco pond, on Saturday, Feb. 11, 1882, stopping 

 at Wenham pond to see the process of cutting and storing 

 ice. At the afternoon session Mr. R. S. Rantoul gave 

 an historical sketch of Wenham Pond, alluding to the 

 introduction and extent of the ice-cutting operations con- 

 ducted by the Messrs. Gage & Hittenger. Remarks 

 were also made by the chair, Mr. John H. Sears, the 

 Rev. George H. Hosmer and others. 



EXCURSIONS. first, to Cambridge, on Wednesday, 

 May 25, 1881, by the polite invitation of President Eliot, 

 Mr. F. W. Putnam and other officers, having in charge the 

 various libraries, museums, etc. The Peabody Museum 

 of American Archeology and Ethnology, Museum of 

 Comparative Zoology, Gymnasium, Memorial Hall, Sever 

 Hall, Library in Gore Hall, Chemical Laboratories, 

 the mineralogical collection in Boylston Hall, the Botanic 

 Garden and Herbarium, and the Observatory were visited. 



/Second. To New York city, Manhattan Beach, West 

 Point, and the Catskill Mountains ; leaving Salem on 

 Wednesday, July 13, 1881, and returning on Thursday, 

 July 21. 



The third. To Mt. Desert, leaving Salem on Tues- 

 day, Sept. 13, returning on Friday, Sept. 16, 1881, 



