148 A FIELD DAY AT ANNISQUAM. 



H. FRENCH of Gloucester and Hon. JAMES DAVIS of 

 Gloucester, offered interesting remarks. The first, after 

 complimenting the Institute upon the value of its work, 

 proceeded to read some extracts of a bright and humorous 

 character from the note book of a zoological student. The 

 second expressed regret that the Institute could not go 

 farther on the Cape, visit the quarries and accept his invi- 

 tation to visit his own house and grounds. Referring to 

 the horticulture of the Cape, he said that, while he was 

 prospecting with the view of laying out and embellishing 

 his own grounds, he was visited by Mr. Copeland, a man 

 of experience in such matters, who, after a walk in the 

 woods with the view of discovering what local plants might 

 be found, said that we had more desirable shrubs and other 

 kindred growths than can be found elsewhere. The third 

 said that he remembered the circumstance of the meeting 

 held in this place in 1872 and recalled the details of that 

 day's proceedings. He then gave a talk which he consid- 

 ered supplementary to Mr. Jewett's interesting sketch, 

 in which he recalled some of his own early recollections, 



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the changes that had been made in the spelling of the word 

 Annisquam, and the signification of the name as being 

 "Pleasant water," which seemed to him a beautiful desig- 

 nation. He recalled the experiences of his father's days 

 when the principal part of the business of Gloucester was 

 done in this section of the town ; the building of vessels 

 was quite extensive and his father had inspected as many 

 as nine thousand barrels of mackerel in a single season. 



Hon. N. A. HORTON offered a vote of. thanks to Messrs. 

 'Alpheus Hyatt and J. S. Kingsley, to Mrs. H. H. Ben- 

 nett and Mrs. Alpheus Hyatt and also to Hon. Jonas H. 

 French, for attentions and hospitalities rendered or prof- 

 fered. Vote adopted. 



