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ures with the bottoms driven up a little and the tops paired down 

 a little, so as to take nearly two of t'lem to huM a true one. 



John P. Decatur, Esq., of the United States Navy, lately from 

 the Mediterranean, presented some seeds to the Club. Wheat 

 from Syria, white, but its awns or heard perfectly black. He saw 

 very fine and abundant crops of it growing in Syria. 



He gave us also seeds of a fine melon from Athens, Greece, 

 given to him by Mr. Black, the husband of Lord Byron's Maid cf 

 Athens ! Also, Cauliflower seeds of Constantinople. 



The Club ordered the regular subjects of the day to be con- 

 tinued at the next meeting, (viz :) 



"Pruning pear trees, market gardening, milk, butter, cheese." 



The Club adjourned to the next regular day, (viz :) Tuesday, 

 July 3rd at noon. 



The Club then adjourned. 



H. MEIGS, Secretary. 



July 3, 1855. 



Present — Messrs. Field, of Brooklyn; Tuttle, of Boston; Vail, 

 of Jersey; Bowyer, Lowe, Clubb, Prof. Mapes, Dr. Waterbury, 

 Wm. B. Leonard, J. W. Chambers and others.— Twenty-four 

 members in all. 



Thomas W. Field, Esq., of Brooklyn, in the chair. 



Henry Meigs, Secretary. 



THE SIZE OF ANIMALS IN DIFFERENT AGES OF THE 



WORLD. 



Dr. W^aterbury said he had obtained, from the collection of 

 Egyptian antiquities in Broadway, a specimen of the jaw of an 

 Egyptian bull, which, from high European authorities, they had 

 reason to believe belonged to the bull known as a god Jipis. 

 Hi had compared it with the jaw bone of an average sized Ame- 

 rican ox, weighing about ten hundred pounds on the hoof. He 

 had carefully measured both in all directions, and compared the 

 measurements with each other, and the variation in the dimen- 

 sions of the two he found to be so trifling as to be scarcely worthy 

 of notice. To find any difference at all in the dimensions of the 

 Egyptian jaw bone and the American he had to examine numer- 

 ous jaw bones, with a view of ascertaining the average dimensions. 

 He had also consulted Cuvier's Comparative Anatomy, and satis- 

 fied himself that the antique jaw had belonged to the same race 



