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able account of this " noble " denizen of the forest. The word Apache 

 means outsider, or barbarian, and was applied to these Indians by the 

 early Jesuit missionaries, because they were not susceptible to any 

 influences of civilization. The Apache was small in stature and thick- 

 set, never cuts or combs his hair, but wears it in a mat, and on the 

 whole is as repulsive a creature as can well be conceived of. He car- 

 ries a bow six feet long, and for the point of his arrow he inserts in 

 a reed a sharp piece of stone, which is left in the wound, and as this is 

 often poisoned, a wound is likely to be fatal. Other tribes, more 

 promising, were described, but it was the Doctor's opinion that the 

 only way to manage the Apache fellows was to exterminate them, and 

 that is easier said than done. They are supposed to number 10,000, 

 and many, of them are well mounted and live in the fastnesses of the 

 mountains, and by their incursions range a wide extent of country. 

 But the question is coming to this, — Apache or Pacific Eailroad ; we 

 can have one, but he thought it doubtful if we could have both. 



Rev. E. C. Bolles, of Portland, spoke for the Portland Natural His- 

 tory Society. He regretted that so few were present from that city, 

 and alluded to the loss of the society's cabinet at the great fire in 

 July, 1866. He then gave an interesting discourse on the subject of 

 microscopic fungi, which he illustrated by the use of the black- 

 board. 



Mr. Edward S. Morse, with the aid of his ever ready chalk and 

 black-board, gave an account of the anatomy of several species of mi- 

 nute shells that had been collected. 



Rev. Joseph Banvard, of Paterson, N. J., responded for a new 

 society there recently founded on the pattern of the Essex Institute. 



Rev. Mr. Wildes, of Salem, regretted that the time had so nearly ex- 

 pired, as not to allow of his speaking of historical matters connected 

 with the locality. 



The venerable Captain Decatur, U. S. N., who resides at Kittery, 

 was present at the meeting, and seemed to enter fully into its spirit, 

 though now deprived of his sight. 



On motion of Rev. Mr. Wildes, of Salem, the thanks of the Insti- 

 tute were voted to Hon. I. Goodwin, of Portsmouth, and to the Board 

 of Directors of the Portland, Saco, and Portsmouth Railroad for the 

 use of their building during the day, and for other courtesies ; to 

 Messrs. H. L. Williams, W. L. Dwight, and the directors and ofllcers 

 of the Eastern Railroad Company for attentions to members and their 

 friends ; and to Mrs. C. J. Bellamy and Captain Stephen Decatur for 

 their kind attentions. 



At five o'clock the special train arrived to take the excursionists to 

 their homes. The weather had been delightful, and the Field Day of 



