106 Scientific Intelligence. 
the original full records safely deposited in secure cases in the cabins « 
the ships, to be found by those who doubtless would be sent out to loo 
scientific treasures; and this was one of the reasons why men of science 
were so anxious to have the ships carefully looked for, and it was a sacred 
duty even to the memories of those who had sacrificed their lives in pro- 
curing such results to do them the justice and honor of having them re- 
covered if possible. 
At the conclusion of General Sabine’s address, the President requested 
Capt. Macurre to favor the Section with a portion of what he had ob- 
served in these most inhospitable, but, to the scientific inquirer, deeply in- 
teresting regions. Capt. Maguire, with that modesty so charatenaa 
a very lengthened period, to his brother officers, he himself only occa- 
et helping, particularly when he was out with exploring parties. 
e said h i 
year. F 
10. On the Direction of Gravity at the Earth's Surface ; by Prof. Hex 
nessy (Proc. Brit. Assoc., Athen., No. 1559).—If the earth’s surface be 
considered to coincide with that of the liquid which covers three-fourths 
of the entire spheroid, gravity should be considered as perpendicular to 
at every point, If, however, the earth were stripped of all its seas 
