November i, 1869. 



Dr. Wislizenus, Vice-President, in the chair. 



Nine members present. 



A letter was read announcing the death of Hon. Gottfried 

 Theobald. 



The Corresponding Secretary stated that he had received nu- 

 merous publications and exchanges, which he would keep until 

 the Library Room was ready to receive them. 



The President remarked that the room for the Library was now 

 ready, and only awaited the attendance of the Librarian to put 

 the books in order. 



Dr. Wislizenus read an abstract from his monthly metereolo- 

 gical record for October : Thermometer — highest, 77 i° ; lowest, 

 20° ; range, 57^°. Mr. Fendler's themometer showed 10° lower. 

 He had found, on consulting Dr. Engelmann's tables, that a 

 lower temperature for the month had occurred only once in 33 

 years. Rain fall, 3.42 inches ; average for the month, 3.39 inches. 

 Positive electricity had been unusually high, reaching 7^°, 



November 15, 1869. 



Vice-President "Wislizenus in the chair. 



Six members present. 



The President announced the death of Dr. F. E. Baumgarten, 

 an associate member, and Dr. John Green was appointed to report 

 at the next meeting suitable resolutions commemorative of the 

 deceased. 



Various foreign exchanges were laid upon the table by the Cor- 

 responding Secretary. 



Dr. Wislizenus announced that the contract with the Board of 

 Public Schools for the use of the Polytechnic building for the 

 purposes jgf the Academy, had been finally signed, sealed and 

 delivered. 



Mr. G. C. Broadhead made the following communication on 

 the discovery of 



BONES OF LARGE MAMMALS IN DRIFT. 



From the foundation pit of a bridge abutment on the Pacific Railroad, 4 

 miles north of Pleasant Hill, Missouri, I obtained the tooth of an extinct 



