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in a miniature steam boat called the " Traveller." His 

 boat is capable of carrying from twelve to twenty persons, 

 and has an engine of about two horse power. This sheet of 

 water is very aptly entitled the " Great Pond." It is cer- 

 tainly the largest sheet of fresh water in Essex County and 

 thought to be nearly or quite the largest in the state, after 

 the great Issawamset and connected lakes in the southern 

 part. Something of its present magnitude may be due to 

 flowage for mill purposes, but there is little about it that 

 speaks of a mill-pond, and it is every way a fine, Avell-bor- 

 dered sheet of beautiful water. It is said to be navigable 

 for five or six miles. It may be so, as it has, a total length 

 of about three miles in the center and covers not far from 

 720 acres. 



The various detacluiients having all come in ; the afternoon 

 meeting was called to order at about 3 P.M., in the vestry 

 of the Unitarian Church, (Rev, Mr. Yinal's), by Vice 

 President Russell who proceeded with a few remarks, calcu- 

 lated to afford the good people of the town some proper idea 

 of the objects of the Institute in making this visit to their 

 borders. 



The Record of the last meeting being read, donations 

 were announced, as follows : 



To the Library — From the Congregational Library Asso- 

 ciation ; Boston Society of Natural History ; George R. 

 Curwen ; Ira J. Patch ; Smithsonian Institution ; Executive 

 Committee of the American Anti-Slavery Society ; Massa- 

 chusetts Secretary of State ; William Brown ; American 

 Academy of Arts and Sciences ; American Geographical 

 and Statistical Society ; Philadelphia Academy of Natural 

 Science ; Francis Brinley of Boston ; Trustees of New York 

 State Library ; James S. Bryant of Hartford ; Henry W. 

 Cushman of Bernardston ; William Fabens of Marblehead ; 



