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Wednesday, July 2, 18(32. 



Field Meeting at South Danvers. The location of 

 this, the first gathering of the kind this season, had been 

 placed at the pleasant little village of " Rockville" near the 

 notable erratic called " Ship Rock", which, as often before 

 stated, has been for several years preserved to the uses of 

 science by the protection of the Institute. 



A considerable number attended this meeting, arriving by 

 railroad from the several towns most usually represented, 

 and stopping at Newhall's Crossing, where a rather enter- 

 prising saw-mill works busily away under the influence of 

 Goldthwait's Brook. Many of the old familiar faces of our 

 friends were found with us on this occasion, testifying, bet- 

 ter than words could do, what enduring satisfaction is to be 

 had in the study of nature in her own undisturbed retreats. 



The various divisions of the company having pushed their 

 explorations in this that and the other direction, as far as 

 time or inclination would allow, and gathered all matters of 

 interest which the circumstances made available, the lunch 

 was despatched in true pic-nic style. 



The afternoon meeting was subsequently called to order in 

 the village chapel, at three o'clock, by Vice President, 

 Samuel P. Fowler, of Danvers. 



Donations, since the annual meeting in May, were 

 announced. 



To the Library — from the New Jersey Historical Society ; 

 Montreal Society of Natural History ; J. F. Worcester : N. 

 J. Holden ; Maryland Historical Society ; Messrs. Daland ; 

 Boston Society of Natural History ; Philadelphia Academy 

 of Natural Science ; Henry F. Shepard ; American Statisti- 

 cal Association ; C. B. Richardson of New York ; E. P.. 

 Robinson of Saugus ; Massachusetts Legislature ; American 



