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ily, especially by school-girls, inducing a love for outdoor ex- 

 ercise, for purer air, for beautiful scenery, for delicate and refin- 

 ing tastes ; and aiding the physical system in preparing them 

 for healthy and useful lives. He suggested its study in the 

 Holten High School, — and was invited by Mr. Hills, the 

 principal, to come into his school and try the experiment for 

 himself, by lecturing or teaching at such hours as were conven- 

 ent to him. 



The darkening western sky and the distant roll of the thun- 

 der, suggested to the prudent and timid of our visitors to seek 

 their homes, while a few remained with the members of the 

 Institute, to continue the session until near the arrival of the 

 train for Salem. 



On re-assurance of the expediency of further prolongation of 

 the meeting, Mr. Geo. D. Phippen, the collecting botanist of 

 the morning party, described, briefly, some of the wild flowers 

 met with by him, and commented on their adaptedness to the 

 garden. He presented the Gerardias, Coreopsis, Gentiana, 

 Clielone, various Asters, /Solidag-o, &c., &c., and offered some 

 general remarks on the natural character of their scientific 

 arrangements. 



Hon. Benj. F. Mudge, of Lynn, presented to the meeting a 

 variety of Carbonate of Lime, of a beautiful red color, which he 

 had this morning detected in the cavities of an erratic rock of 

 trap. He spoke of the igneous features of the trap rocks, and 

 of the interest attached to the study of those strata, the 

 familiarity with which made them indifferent to us, unless our 

 attention were directed to more careful notice. 



Mr. Samuel P. FoAvler showed to the audience a specimen of 

 the Rattle-snake (Crotalus,) preserved by him by a sort of 

 tanning. He seemed much interested in the occurrence of this 

 dangerous reptile as a fine instance of our native fauna ; spoke 

 of some of its habits as known to him, and said that, according 

 to his observation, its favorite haunts seemed to be in and about 

 the loosely lying bowlders situated upon our granite ledges. 

 The present individual was killed near the Danvers Alms 

 House, a few weeks previous. 



A notice, by the Secretary, of the capture of a fine specimen 



