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Mr. F. W. Putnam continued a description of the marine specimens. 

 He said that Mr. Hyatt had spoken concerning representatives of the 

 Protozoa and Mollusks. Between these two classes is another called 

 the Radiates. Belonging to this class were the star-fishes, the sea- 

 urchins, the brittle stars, and the jelly-fish. The distinctive charac- 

 teristic of these animals is that the diflerent parts of their structure 

 all radiate from the mouth. After a minute account of their anatomi- 

 cal peculiarities, he gave an interesting description of the various and 

 multitudinous forms of life found on the roots of kelp. He had found, 

 to-daj'^, upon them, representatives of all the classes of the animal 

 kingdom, excepting mammals, birds, reptiles and insects. In conclud- 

 ing he announced the donation to the Institute of an Indian gouge by 

 Mr. R. Ramsdell. 



Mr. Gregory of Marblehead, in reply to request from the President, 

 gave an account of a valuable collection of Indian relics, numbering 

 upwards of two thousand, made by himself during the last eighteen 

 or twenty years. Marblehead, he believed, was, to the Indians, a 

 manufacturing centre. This was indicated by the number of imper- 

 fect and half-formed implements and the numerous chippings of stone 

 found. Here also was an Indian fort, whose identitj^ he considers as 

 thoroughly established. Salem, he said, had appropriated the name 

 of Naumkeag, when it more properly belonged to Marblehead. The 

 Indian name meant "good-fishing ground;" therefore inappropriate 

 to Salem, for when Salem people went " a fishing" they came over to 

 Marblehead. 



The President, after brief allusion to the ancient history of the 

 town, announced that the hour for closing the meeting had nearly 

 arrived. Whereupon the following resolution of thanks was unani- 

 mously adopted : — 



jResolved, That the thanks of the Institute are hereby presented 

 to the Proprietors of the Universalist Church for the use of this place 

 of meeting ; to the Sutton Light Infantry for the use of their tables ; 

 to the Selectmen for the use of the Town Hall: to Messrs. J. J. H. 

 Gregory, J. P. Haskell, R. Knowland, J. E. Hiler, Mason Harris, Wil- 

 liam Gilley, jr., John Sparhawk, A. Lackey, Mrs. M. H. Reynolds, and 

 John W. Reynolds, for polite attentions ; and to many other citizens 

 of the town for many acts of courtesy to our party during the day. 



Thursday, Septembers, 18G8.— Field Meeting at Topsfield. 



The fifth Field Meeting of the present season was held at Topsfield. 

 The number in attendance was large, the Eastern Railroad furnishing 

 an extra train to connect with the regular train over the Danvers and 

 Georgetown road. On the arrival of the party at Topsfield, they 

 assembled at Union Hall under the Methodist Church, where they were 



