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Thursday, March 22, 1860. 



Meeting this evening at 7 1-2 o'clock^Henry M. Brooks, 

 one of the Yice-Presidents in the Cliair. 



Eecorcls of the preceding meeting read. 



Donations were announced from the following : 



To the Library — from George F. Read ; Chicago Histori- 

 cal Society ; George Andrews ; Canadian Institute at To- 

 ronto ; Nathaniel Paine of Worcester ; Robert Deland ; 

 Jonathan Perley, Jr.; J. H, Phippen. 



To the Cabinets — from Samuel H. Curwen ; A. Hanson ; 

 Mrs. William Crandall ; Mrs. George R. Mason ; John N. 

 Martin. 



Letters were read from Maine Historical Society ; Massa- 

 chusetts Historical Society ; L. A. H. Latour of Montreal, 

 C.E.; Solomon Lincoln of Boston ; C. C. Beaman. 



Dr. R. H. Wheatland called the attention of the Institute 

 to the large collection on the table, of reptiles, fishes, crus- 

 taceans and radiates. They consisted of about one-half of the 

 alcoholic specimens which had been presented to the Cabi- 

 nets during the three winter months and were contributed 

 principally by Capt. Charles Millet 2d, Messrs. C. Cooke, 

 and Edward D. Ropes of Zanzibar, and Dr. H. M. Neisler of 

 Eutler, Taylor Co., Ga. 



As the two former contributions had been alluded to at 

 previous meetings, the remarks were chiefly confined to 

 those' of the two last named. That of Mr. Ropes contained 

 probably the largest number of specimens in spirit which 

 had ever been presented, and though subjected to the vicis- 

 situdes of a long voyage in tropical seas, arrived in a condi- 

 tion rarely equalled by any which had been procured on our 

 own coast. It could hardly have been possible, for one, 



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