CONTENTS. 



Hugo Ried's Account of the Indians of Los Angeles Co., Cal., 



with notes by W. J. HOFFMAN, M. D., . . . . 1 



Opening of Hatteras Inlet, communicated by WILLIAM L. 



WELCH, 37 



Through which inlet did the English Adventurers of 1584 enter 

 the Sounds of North Carolina, also some changes in the 

 coast line since their time, communicated by WILLIAM L. 

 WELCH, ... 43 



On the Carapax and Sternum of Decapod Crustacea, by HOW- 

 ARD AYERS, 49 



Annual Meeting, Monday, May 18, 1885 59 



Election of officers, 59 ; retrospect of the year, 61 ; members, 

 61; field meetings, 65; geological excursions, 66; meetings, 

 67; lectures, 68; library, 69; horticultural, 81; museum, 

 82; art exhibition, 82; excursion, 84; financial, 86. 



Indian Games, by ANDREW MCFARLAND DAVIS, ... 89 



Ancient and Modern Methods of Arrow Eelease, by E. S. 



MORSE, 145 



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