684 TRANS. OF THE ACAD. OF SCIENCE. 
November 21, 1859. 
Vice-President Dr. ENGELMANN in the chair. 
Thirteen members present. 
Letters were received from the Smithsonian Institution; W. 
Sharswood, Cavendisham, Pa.; N. Orleans Acad. of Nat. Sci- 
ences; I, A. Lapham, Milwaukie, Wis.; Library of the Univ. 
of Michigan, Ann Arbor; Amherst Coll.; Edward H. Bee- 
be, Galena, Ills.; R. B. Price, Columbia, Mo. ; N. York State 
Library, Albany, — severally acknowledging receipt of the 
Trans. of the Academy. 
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Jerusalem, by J. Aitkin Meigs, M.D., Phil, 1859, from the 
Author ; Jour. Frank. Inst., Phil. Nov., 1859, from the In- 
tut 
A communication was read from I. A. Lapham, Esq., of 
Milwaukie, Wis., announcing that he had discovered rocks 
near Milwaukie, equivalent in age to the Old Red Sandstone 
(Devonian) of Europe, and containing remains of Fishes, re- 
sembling those discovered by Hugh Miller in Scotland. The 
remains did not show the entire fish, but consisted of frag- 
ments of bones, teeth, and fins, with portions of the tubercu- 
“Dr. G. Sevrrarrn.— Dear Sir: I received a short time ee yr 
article on the Astronomical Inscription on the Lee s ‘Mummy Co ha 50 
was so deeply interested in this remarkable exposition, that I at on 
