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obe," mentioned by Homer, still existed, sculptured on the side of Mount Tmo- 

 lus, and, as well as that of " Sesostris" in an adjacent valley, also so sculptured,.. 

 overlooked the district in which are the multitudinous tumuli near the Gygean 

 Lake; and the fortifications and camps of the acropolis of Sardis corresponded 

 with those already referred to in position and design ; and the same features were 

 found at Ephesus, Smyrna and Pergamos in a striking degree, and extended, as 

 shown by careful drawings and diagrams, onwards eastward as far as China. 

 Considering the skill and thought required to plan such enormous figures with 

 any regard to proportion, and seeing that all the figures had similar accompani- 

 ments, the author concluded by observing that they seemed to him to have been 

 the result of a practice and culture transmitted with concurrent customs by way 

 of the Pacific from one continent to another. 



MICROSCOPY. 



HISTOLOGY AND MICROSCOPY. 



Prof. Tuttle presided and read his opening address. He referred to a Httle 

 sub-section of the annual meeting of the American Science Association at its an- 

 nual meeting in 1869. This was the first organization of such a section. Little 

 was then known of microscopy compared with what is known now. Microscopy 

 was then almost in its childhood. In those days any one who wanted to buy a 

 microscope had to hunt for it. The speaker traced the growth of the section and. 

 of microscopy in importance. The work of the section had contributed to vastly 

 increase the knowledge of microscopy in the United States and led to the estab- 

 lishment of an American society of microscopists which promises to do much 

 good. He stated the arguments in favor of the estabhshment of a separate sec- 

 tion of microscopy. 



The section then proceeded to organize. Dr. R. H. Ward was elected Fel- 

 low of the General Standing Committee, Dr. A. B. Hervey, Dr. L. Elsberg and 

 Prof. R. Hitchcock, members of the Sectional Committee, Prof. J. D. Hyatt, 

 the Fellow of the Nominating Committee and G. D. Mitchell, Prof. T. J. Burrell, 

 and C. C. Merriman, members of the Sub-Sectional Committee, to nominate the 

 Vice-President and Secretary for next meeting. 



The Chairman then introduced Dr. Wm. B. Carpenter, of London, and an- 

 nounced that Dr. Carpenter would contribute a paper or two for the section.. 



