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tripe des roclies so abundant on the bowlders ; amusing Iheir 

 sense of taste "vvith crumbs of the Bitter Lichen {Perlusaria 

 amard) wonderfully similar in sapidity to quinine ; gathering 

 twigs of the Hamamelis Virginica, now in rich beauty — the 

 flower, the dying leaf, the ripened seed, and the next year's 

 bud on the same stem ! till at length, by severe scrambling, the 

 summit of Robbin's rock is reached and the wide landscape 

 bounded on the horizon by mountain and hill and with inter- 

 vening forests, dotted with spires in villages, lay serenely in the 

 autumn's noon. 



The hour of one P. M,, brought in the straggling parties to 

 the hospitable mansion of the Rev A. P. Chute, where around 

 a well spread table, whose viands were contributed, a la pic-nic ; 

 after divine blessing was craved, refreshing cheer of food and 

 conversation wore away the hour. 



Summoned by the arrival of the time of adjournment, the 

 party, re-enforced by others from abroad, repaired to the place 

 of meeting, and Rev. John L. Russell, Vice-President, assum- 

 ed the chair. 



Records of preceeding Field Meeting read. Donations an- 

 nounced. To the Library — from W. H. Prince, Messrs. Ten- 

 ney and Rice of Boston, J. V. Browne, James P. Kimball, 

 Warren & Co. of Sacramento, Cal., S. Tufts of Swampscott. 

 To the Cabinets — from Henry Cuming of London, J. G. An- 

 thony of Cincinnati, 0. N. A. Frye, R. Brookhouse, W. C. 

 Barton, J. Dalton, J. W. Chever, C. B- Haddock of Beverly, 

 J. M. Ives, Geo. E. Planders, Mrs. J. D. Treadwell, C. L. 

 Peirson, Edward Pousland, John C. Lee, John Price of Man- 

 chester, J. S. Ives, Samuel Tufts of Swampscott. 



Letters were read from Jona. French, jr., President and Fel- 

 lows of Harvard University, J. G. Anthony of Cincinnati, 0., 

 Smithsonian Institution, James P. Kimball. 



A series of remarks were made by several members present. 

 Of these were interesting observations by the Rev. A. P. 

 Chute, whose residence in this part of Essex County for several 

 years familiarized him with many of its most prominent natural 

 productions. The plants noticed by him during the past sum- 

 mer, of particular interest were Pajnassia Caroliniana or 



