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plained the Indian sign-writing, and noted a number of interesting facts in con- 
nection therewith. The drawings were copied from a large rock in Greenwood 
County upon which they had been made by the Osage Indians. 
Evening. — In the evening a large audience was assembled in the Senate 
Chamber of the State House to listen to lecture of Dr. R. J. Brown, of Leaven- 
worth, President of the Academy. 
The subject of the lecture was " The Ocean — Its Flora and Fauna," and 
the lecture was interesting throughout. 
Dr. Brown has been spending considerable time on the Atlantic coast dur- 
ing the past summer and has put together in a very interesting form the impres- 
sions made on him by the seaside phenomena, and illustrated the lecture by fine 
diagrams showing the depth of the ocean bed, kinds of coral, etc. He had also 
specimens of shells and corals from Florida and elsewhere. 
The lecturer spoke of the primeval ocean before all geologic ages and the first 
appearance of continental land, and the gradual appearance above water of all 
the land of the world built by the waters ; some like chalk and limestone by ani- 
mals — corals and diatoms and foraminifers ; some from the breaking down of the 
former rocks in the shallow sea and the gradual deepening of the ocean bed. 
The distribution of heat by the oceanic current was dwelt upon, the depth at 
which the Fauna and Flora exist, and the magnificence of the latter was de- 
scribed. It is more than likely that this paper will be published in full in the next 
number of the Review. 
On the following day Dr. Brown was elected a life member of the Academy 
because of his exceedingly liberal donations from time to time to the Academy. 
This was a double compliment, from the fact that Dr. Brown is the first person 
upon whom the Academy has conferred the honor. 
Third Day. — The meeting was called to order at 9 o'clock by the Presi- 
dent, Dr. Thompson. For the purpose of expediting the publication of some of 
the most important papers read, the following resolution was passed : 
Resolved, That the publication committee be instructed to publish at once 
their selection of the papers under the best arrangement they can make, and for 
any cost which the Academy's treasury may not be able to meet, they be em- 
powered to levy and collect any additional assessment not exceeding $^ each. 
Professor F. W. Cragin was elected librarian. 
The committee appointed to audit the expense account of Prof. Hay, who 
made geologic researches in Norton County during the past summer, reported 
favorably and the claim of $92.30 was allowed. Besides allowing the claim the 
committee and society complimented the professor upon the successful results of 
his explorations in the interest of science. 
The department of Botany was taken up and Prof. W. A. Kellerman gave 
an interesting lecture on "New Fungi of Kansas." Prof. Kellerman followed 
closely the classification of Cohn, giving the following divisions of Fungi: Pro- 
tophyta, Zygosporese, Oosporese, Carposporeae, Bryophyta, Pteridophyta. Tak- 
ing up each division separately he gave the various classes and explained the 
