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educated carefully, and a graduate of Schenectady College. He entered 
the Navy in January, 1828 ; this was his first cruise.’ 
“T cultivated his acquaintance, which was rather difficult to do, for he 
was grave, thoughtful, and very taciturn, but, perhaps he was as intimate 
with me as with any other ward room officer. 
‘«He died of a land fever, after an illness of about ten days. 
‘All this is very vague, but you will take it for whatitis worth. I will 
only add, that Jimison was not, in my opinion, a person likely by any 
means, to play upon the credulity of any one. He most certainly, fully 
believed what he related to me. 
‘Believe me with great respect and regard, yours, 
“G. S. BLAKE. 
“Rev. Dr. HEDGE.’ 
Prof. Cope made, through the Secretaries, a written com- 
munication on the occurrence of the remains of man in asso- 
ciation with those of extinct vertebrata in Oregon, entitled : 
‘‘PLiocENE Man.—Prof. Cope stated that he had received from Oregon 
a collection of fossils from an ancient lake bed of Pliocene age, which in- 
cludes the following species of Mammalia: Hlephas primigenius, Equus 
occidentalis ; HE. major ; Auchenia hesterna ; Auchenia magna ; Auchenia 
vitakeriana sp. nov. ; Mylodon sodalis; Lutra? piseinaria and Canis 
latrans. 
“Of Birds : bones not distinguishable from those Podiceps occidentalis and 
Podilymbus podiceps ; others of Graculus larger than those of Gra- 
culus dilophus. Fishes: Catostomide and Cyprinidae, of extinct species 
of Alburnops and Anchybopsis. Mingled in the same deposit in undistin- 
guishable relation, were found numerous flakes with arrow and spear heads 
of obsidian, many of them much tarnished by long erosion, All were lying 
mingled together on the surface of a bed of clay, which was covered by a 
deposit of ‘volcanic sand and ashes’ of from fifteen to. twenty feet in 
depth. This had been drifted away by the wind in some localities, thus 
exposing the remains. Great numbers of specimens of the fresh water- 
shell Carinifex newberryt, of a white color, were found with the vertebrate 
fossils. The locality is the basin of a lake, a small remnant of which still 
remains and is visited by numbers of Mammalia and water-birds at the 
present time.’”’ 
Mr. Chase presented some equations of relation between 
planetary masses, times and distances, in all of which the 
velocity of light entered as an important factor. 
Mr. Lesley was elected Librarian. 
The Standing Committees were re-elected without change. 
The Roll of Surviving Members was read. 
