AMERICAN INSTITUTE. 577 



Five years old, in bottles, per doz.. $12 00 



Ten years, on draught _ 6 00 



Ten years, in bottles, per doz 18 00 



Pure brandy I can sell at $8 a gallon. There is no doubt that 

 all the clay land on Long Island can be profitably planted in 

 vineyards. 



Mr. Provoost then exhibited samples of Catawba and Isabella 

 wine, which proved very delicious, having a true wine flavor, 

 but some of the tasters thought it " lacked body." Probably 

 because it lacked alcohol. The brandy, although new, and a 

 little fiery in consequence, appeared about the best domestic 

 article we have ever seen. Doubtless it can be relied upon as 

 pure for medical purposes. 



The Chairman said he raised many lambs by having the young 

 first fed from the mouth of one of his shepherds with a raw egg. 



The practice of scalding certain hard and horny seeds before 

 planting, such as cranberry seeds, locust, and the like, was dis- 

 cussed. 



Subjects for next meeting " Strawberries and markets." 



Adjourned. H. MEIGS, Secretary. 



April 12, 1858. 



Present — Messrs. John Campbell, President Pell, D. C. Robin- 

 son, Paine, Provoost, Fuller, Solon Robinson, Lawton, Rarney, 

 Judge Scoville, Silliman, Pardee, Livingston, Dimond, of Michi- 

 gan, and others. 



Mr. Pell in the chair. Henry Meigs, Secretary. 



The Secretary read the following translations, extracts, &c., 

 made by him, viz : 



[Bulletin Menauel de la Societe Imperiale Zoologique D'Acelimatation. January, 1858.] 



ON THE WILD YAK AND SOME OTHER ANIMALS OP 

 THIBET AND INDIA'. 



[Note by Mons. Robert Schlagintweit.] 



I have the pleasure to reply to some of the questions which 



you have addressed to me, please accept what I have learned, 



little as it is, for my observations are not yet concluded. The 



hygrometrical condition of Thibet varies very little with the ele- 



[Am. Inst.] 37 



