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Dr. Hays referred to cases of entozoa found not only in the 

 eye, but in other parts of the body, and alluded briefly to the 

 practicability of the germs being received from without. 



Dr. Chapman, as chairman of the Committee to collect docu- 

 ments connected with the political and historical state of the 

 country, reported that he would be able to procure for the So- 

 ciety the Correspondence of Robert Morris. He farther stated 

 his expectation to be able to present important documents from 

 Virginia, calculated to throw valuable light on the history of 

 the colony and the country. 



Mr. Vaughan reported the death of Mr. Wm. Maclure, a 

 member of the Society, who died in Mexico on the 23d of 

 March last. 



Dr. Dunglison, reporter, presented No. 11 of the printed 

 Bulletin. 



Stated Meeting, May 15. 

 Present, twenty-six members. 

 Mr. Du Ponceau, President^ in the Chair. 

 The following donations were received: — 



for the library. 



Bulletin de la Societe Imperiale des Naturalistes de Moscou. Nos. 

 2 & 3. Annee, 1838. 8vo. Moscou, 1838.— From the So- 

 ciety. 



Communication from the Governor, transmitting several Reports re- 

 lative to the Geological Survey of the State. 8vo. New York, 

 1840. — From the State. 



Proceedings of the Royal Society. Nos. 41 and 42. December 5, 

 1839, to March 26, 1840, inclusive. — From the Royal Society. 



Proceedings of the Royal Astronomical Society. Vol. V. No. 4. 

 February 14, 1840. (Annual meeting). — From the Society. 



Public Documents, printed by order of the Senate of the United States, 



