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Society, Berlin (103-105); the K. L. C. German Academy, 

 Halle (sets of Transactions and Proceedings) ; the Prague 

 Observatory (XVIII, 107) ; Offenbach Yerein (XVIII, 107) ; 

 Physical Society, Geneva (102-105); Swiss Society, Bern 

 (102-105); Koyal Society, Luxembourg (103-105, 106, 107, 

 List) ; Eoyal Society, London (105, 106, List) ; Victoria Insti- 

 tute (107, 108) ; Literary and Philosophical Society, Liverpool 

 (106, List). 



Letters of envoy were received from the Physical Society, 

 Berlin; Saxon Society, Leipsig; L. C. Academy, Halle; Swiss 

 Society, Bern; Physical Society, Geneva, Musee Guimet, 

 Lyons; Zoological Society, Paris; Geological Survey of 

 India ; and Department of the Interior, Washington. 



Donations to the Library were received from the Academies 

 at Halle and Brussels ; the Com. Geog. Society, Bordeaux ; 

 Annales des Mines ; Revue Politique ; London Royal, Zoologi- 

 cal, Geographical, Geological, Meteorological and Asiatic So- 

 cieties, and Nature; Mr. Sanford Fleming; the Canadian 

 Journal ; Dr. Green of Groton ; Silliman's Journal ; Kew 

 Jersey Historical Society ; Medical News ; A. R. Spoffbrd of 

 Baltimore, and the U. S. Department of the Interior. 



Dr. Ruschenberger declined by letter his appointment to 

 prepare an obituary notice of the late Dr. B. H. Coates, on 

 account of his engagements. 



Dr. Brinton communicated by letter a paper " On the names 

 of the gods in the Kiche myths," the reading of which was 

 postponed to the next meeting. 



"The paper is an exegetical study of the celebrated myth of the Kiche 

 tribe of Guatemala, known as Popol Vuh, or National Book. The original 

 dates from the latter half of the XVI century, and was first published in 

 Paris by the Abbe Brasseur de Bourbourg in 1861. The facilities I have 

 had for its study have been principally the MSS. grammars and diction- 

 aries of the Guatemalan tongues presented to the Society b}' Senor 

 Mariano Galvez, President of Guatemala, in 1836. Their use has thrown 

 new and important light on the significance and character of this myth ; 

 and, as these MSS. have never been published, I have given numerous 

 full extracts from them. The treasures of the Libraiy of the Society will 

 thus be brought to the knowledge of students." 



PROC. AMER. PHILOS. SOC. XIX. 109. 3s. PRINTED DEC. 31, 1881. 



