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and stirrer, burden strap of slippery elm bark, string of wampum, head- 

 dress of turkey feathers with beaded band, earrings, and brooches. 



Mr. John De Morgan presented a clipping from the Yorkshire Weekly 

 Post, published in Leeds, England, May 25, 1907, containing an unsigned 

 account of our local seventeen-year locust visitation in 1876. 



The meeting then adjourned. 



Regular Meeting, January 18, 1908 



The meeting was held at the Staten Island Academy, New Brighton. 



President Howard R. Bayne in the chair. 



About forty members and guests were present. 



The minutes of the meeting of December 21, 1907, were read and 

 approved. 



The following were elected to active membership : Daniel Campbell, 

 Miss Delia Cumiskey, Rodger P. Doyle, Thomas J. Featherston, Mrs. 

 Arthur Hollick, Mrs. George S. Humphrey, Harold W. Miller, John E. 

 Seaton, Gerald F. Shepard, Miss Grace V. Talkington, Mrs. James R. 

 Walsh, John J. Wood. 



Scientific Program 



Dr. Arthur Hollick presented a specimen of dolomite obtained from the 

 foundation wall of the Hotel Castleton and commented on the historical 

 interest which it possessed, as representing a piece of the old " Marble 

 House," which formerly occupied the site and was for a generation one 

 of the most celebrated private mansions in the vicinity of New York. 



In connection with the specimen Mr. Edward C. Delavan, Jr., exhibited a 

 copy of a map of the property inscribed with the legend 



A Map 



of 



Property Situated at 



Staten Island 



belonging to 



D. D. Tompkins 



July 16, 1819 



Scale 80' = 1 ' Surveyed by 



John T. Ludlam 



and read a paper on "The Marble House." (Printed in full in this issue, 



P- 23.) 



Dr. Hollick presented specimens of amber collected in the Cretaceous 

 deposits at Kreischerville and read a paper on " Chemical Analysis of 

 Cretaceous Amber from Kreischerville." (Printed in full in this issue, 



P- 34-) 



Mr. David M. Van Name presented a large mass of rose quartz from 

 New Milford, Connecticut, together with a specimen of the ground rock, 

 and read a description of the method of grinding in order to obtain the 

 material as a fine abrasive for the manufacture of sapolio, etc. 



