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this Society as well as of our own, to impress upon the members the 

 importance of preparing and arranging the collections by direct per- 

 sonal labor, if they would insure the success of the Society and the 

 advance of our science. 



The following is a list of the papers presented before the Society : — 



1815, Jan. 21. J. Freeman Dana. Analysis of the incrustation formed on 

 the Basket of Eggs from Derbyshire. 



Feb. 11. J. Freeman Dana. Account of the Ichneumon atrator. 



March 4. Hon. John Lowell. On the resemblance between certain customs 

 of the modern Italians and ancient Romans. 



June 21 (quarterly). Judge Davis. On the Advantages of Natural History, 

 and the Objects of this Institution. 



Sept. 20 (quarterly). On the History and Medical Properties of a Native 

 Plant, Triosteum perfoliatum. 



Nov. Mr. Goodwin of Sandwich. Account of Tadpoles in that Place. 



1816, April. Judge Davis. Account of several Insects from China. 

 June. J. Freeman Dana. Observations on the Monadnock Mountain. 

 Aug. J. Bigelow. Some account of an Expedition to the White Mountains, 



undertaken by himself and a few other members of the Societj'. 

 Nov. J. F. Dana. On the Chemical Composition of Saratoga Waters. 

 Dec. John Ware. Dissection of two Pigs preternaturally united. 



1817, Jan. George Hayward. Description of an Elk, and the appearance 

 presented on dissection. 



Feb. Judge Davis. Translation, from the Ti'ansactions of the Swedish 

 Academy, of a paper on the Luminosity of the Ocean. 



April. Samuel L. Dana. On the Geology and Mineralogy of Cambridge 

 and the Vicinity. 



June 18 (special). Walter Channing. Public Address on the Importance 

 of Literature and Science, particularly to the inhabitants of New England, set- 

 ting forth the history and claims of the Society. 



Aug. George Hayward. On the medicinal properties of Phytolacca decan- 

 dra. 



Sept. and Oct. Eeports on the Sea-serpent. Report of a Committee relative 

 to a large marine animal, supposed to be a serpent, seen near Cape Ann in 

 August, 1817. This was the magnum opus of the Society, and the only one 

 published under its aiTspices in a separate form. It was in an octavo of 52 

 pages, and two copperplates illustrating the form and dissection of a smaller 

 specimen, supposed to be the young. 



1818, Aug. J. W. Webster. On the Mineralogy and Geology of the Is- 

 land of St. Michael's. 



Mr. W. Putnam Kulm was elected a Resident Member. 



