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from anything like dignity or pretentiousness which one might sup- 

 pose would be seen in so great a man. An interesting trait in Prof. 

 Peirce's intellectual character was his disposition to look at the 

 philosophical side of things. Altogether, his mathematical works 

 were as much treatises on formal logic as they were on formal 

 mathematics. The paper on multiple algebra, referred to by Prof. 

 Hilgard, had very much of that character. 



Prof. Peirce's method of judging men was peculiar. Among his 

 students he recognized only two classes — those who knew and those 

 who did not know. Owing to the general vivacity of his character 

 he invested the driest subjects with interest. Those who listened to 

 his elocution almost fancied that they understood the highest things 

 he talked about. 



Mr. Lester F. Ward made a communication on the 



ANIMAL POPULATION OF THE GLOBE. 



He stated that he had recently had occasion to compile, chiefly 

 from official sources, the statistics of live stock in the various 

 countries of the globe from which any data could be obtained, and 

 thought that some of the general results arrived at might possess 

 sufficient scientific interest to warrant laying them before the 

 Society. 



The whole number of countries from which information of this 

 character had been collated was twenty -seven, embracing all the 

 countries of Europe except European Turkey, the several British 

 Colonies in Australasia, the Island of Ceylon, Cape Colony and 

 Natal in South Africa, Mauritius, the Dominion of Canada, New- 

 foundland, Jamaica, the Argentine Republic, Uruguay, Chili, and 

 the United States. The species of animals of which cognizance 

 was alone taken were : horses, mules, asses, horned cattle, sheep, 

 goats, hogs, buffaloes, and reindeer. The reports were very incom- 

 plete except with respect to the four leading species, viz : horses, 

 cattle, sheep, and hogs. 



The total number of each species actually reported upon was as 

 follows : 



Horses 47,181,384 



Mules 3,474,391 



Asses 2,217,166 



Mules and asses, not distinguished - 11,849 



