178 Association of American Geologists. 



Fourth day of session, Friday, April 9, 1841. — The Associa- 

 tion met, pursuant to adjournment, at half past nine o'clock, A. M. 

 Prof. Silliman in the chair. 



After the minutes of yesterday had been read and adopted, 

 Dr. Beck moved a series of resolutions, of which the first was 

 adopted, as follows : 



Resolved, That the thanks of the Association be presented to 

 Professor Hitchcock for the interesting and valuable address de- 

 livered last evening ; and that a copy of the same be requested 

 for publication. 



The committee on business reported the following resolutions, 

 which were all adopted excepting the first, — it being laid on the 

 table. 



Resolved, 1. That the committee recommend to the Association 

 the first Monday of May as the period for the next annual meeting. 



2. That the Association adjourn its present annual session this 

 week. 



3. That a committee of five be appointed to draft a constitu- 

 tion and by-laws for the regulation of future proceedings of the 

 Association, and that each member of the committee be recom- 

 mended to draft a plan of organization, to be discussed by the 

 committee. 



4. That at each meeting a local committee of three members, 

 resident at the place of the next annual meeting, be appointed, 

 for the purpose of making arrangements for the reception of the 

 Association. 



5. That the members of the "Academy of Natural Sciences" 

 be invited to attend the present session of the Association, and to 

 participate in its proceedings. 



Prof Renwick, Blr. Nuttall, and Dr. Hay den of Baltimore, 

 were recommended as members of the Association. 



Dr. Harlan exhibited models of the fossil remains of the Di- 

 notheriuni giganteum. 



The first specimen presented to the view of the Association, was the 

 cast of a small model of the Dinotherium giganteum or the great fossil 

 Tapir of Cuvier — the only model of the kind, which, as far as Dr. Har- 

 lan is aware, has yet reached America. The Paris Garden of Plants, 

 possesses a model of the skull of the size of nature, which is sold by the 

 German naturalists, Messrs. Klipstein and Kaup, for $100. The dimen- 

 sions of this skull are four feet in length, three feet in width, and two 

 feet in height. In peculiarity of structure and colossal dimensions, the 



