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Ropes, from Capt. Price's corner to Mr. Brown's corner all ye North 

 side of ye way. Mr. Willoby, from Edward Mould's corner to James 

 Poland's at ye South side of ye way. Samuel Williams, from Samuel 

 Prince's to Samuel Gardner Sens, corner all ye North side o.f ye way. 

 Elias Mason, from Goodman Romball's corner and Jno. Higginson's 

 corner to John Jngerson and Richard Princes corner all both North 

 and South side of ye way. Henry Skerry Jr., from Mr. Higginson Sen. 

 to Ipswich Ferry. Jonathan Eager, from his house to John Beckett's 

 ye sea side and fields. Isaac Foot, from Jona. Eager's to Andrew 

 Woodbury's and from John Robinson's to Richard Robert's. Mr. Phip- 

 peny from John Becketts and Andrew Woodbury's to John Cliffords." 



" The way " was what is now Essex street. On the north side the 

 divisional lines were Beckford, Washington, St. Peter, Newbury, and 

 Pleasant streets ; on the south side Summer, Central, Elm, and Dan- 

 iels streets. The localities referred to were further explained. The 

 duties of the Tythingmen were defined in an act of the General Court 

 May 24, 1677, " to inspect the ten families of his neighbours," and to 

 have power "to apprehend all Sabbath breakers and disorderly tip- 

 plers" or such as " suffer any disorders in their houses on ye Sabbath 

 day, or evening after." 



Mr. Caleb Cooke made some remarks on the Sea-coco, Lodoicea 

 Sechellarum, a specimen having been presented by Capt. S. A. Lord. 



Mr. E. Bicknell exhibited under the microscope, specimens of Cis- 

 ticercus, taken from measly pork, presented by the Boston Society of 

 Natural History, and made some remarks on the history of the Parasite. 



Mr. Bicknell also exhibited sections of the poison fangs of the Rat- 

 tlesnake, and gave an account of the structure of the fangs. 



Donations to the Library and Museum were announced. 



Charles Ray Palmer, Alexander Donaldson, Daniel H. Johnson, 

 Thomas Saul, and Amos H. Johnson, all of Salem, were elected Resi- 

 dent Members. 



MONDAY, JANUARY 21, 1867. Regular Meeting. 

 Capt. H. F. KING in the chair. 



Letters were announced from, Rev. E. C. Bolles, Portland, Me. 

 (Jan. 8) ; B. F. King, Boston (Jan. 9) ; Henry Davis, McGregor, Iowa 

 (Jan. 11); Dr. J. Bernard Gilpin, Halifax, N. S. (Jan. 12); Rev. E. 

 C. Bolles, Portland, Me. ; Horace Mann, Cambridge (Jan. 13) ; Bu- 

 reau of Statistics, Treasury Department, Washington ; Dr. D. H. Sto- 

 rer, Boston (Jan. 15) ; Anson Allen, Orono, Me. ; S. R. Carter, Paris, 

 Me.; J. E. Chase, Boston; A. L. Babcock, Sherborn (Jan. 16); Maine 

 Historical Society; H. B. Rice, Boston; Charles Stodder, Boston; 

 Rev. Samuel Lockwood, Keyport, N. J. (Jan. 18) ; John Krider, Phila- 

 delphia; M. S. Bebb, Washington (Jan. 19) ; H. B. Lord, Ithaca, N. Y. ; 



