66 



LONGITUDES. 









No. of 





Paine, 



No. 



Place in which stntion 



Journeys with Chro- 



Chronometers 



Paine's Longi- 



west of 





is situated. 



nometers. 



used. 



tudes. 



liorden. 



1 



Boston 



9 



25 



o ' " 



71 4 9.00 



+ 000 



2 



Amherst 



18 



59 



72 31 35.85 



+ 7.36 



3 



Barnstable 



(5 



20 



70 18 36.00 



+ 2.19 



4 



Cambridge 



7 



23 



71 7 38.10 



+ 9.25 



5 



Dedham 



6 



14 



71 10 49.20 



—10.08 



6 



Greenfield 



10 



00 



72 36 31 .95 



+ 4.75 



7 



Gloucester 



10 



36 



70 40 19.05 



+ 1.88 



8 



Holmes' Hole 



14 



34 



70 36 37.80 



+ 0.22 



9 



Lowell 



2 



10 



71 18 57.30 



— 4.74 



10 



Monomoy Point 



10 



28 



70 5.40 



+ 9.16 



11 



Nantucket 



18 



54 



70 6 12.15 



— 1.73 



12 



New Bedford 



16 



46 



70 55 49.35 



+ 4.96 



13 



Newburyport 



24 



74 



70 52 47.10 



+ 5.80 



14 



Northampton 



13 



39 



72 38 21.00 



+ 6.06 



15 



Pittsfield 



10 



33 



73 16 5.10 



+28.98 



16 



Plymouth 



11 



40 



70 40 27.60 



+ 8.33 



17 



Providence, It. I. 



14 



42 



71 24 48.00 



+13.59 



18 



Salem 



13 



38 



70 53 56.70 



+ 3.67 



19 



Sandwich 



16 



51 



70 30 27.00 



+13.81 



20 



Springfield 



12 



36 



72 35 47.25 



+ 2.31 



21 



Taunton 



7 



24 



71 6 4.50 



+ 9.47 



22 



Truro 



10 



28 



70 4 8.70 



+13.37 



23 



Williamstown 



15 



45 



73 13 19.50 



+19.24 



24 



Worcester 







71 48 10.20 + 2.84 

 70 41 8.00!— 4.31 



25 



Squam 



2 



14 



2(3 



Cape Ann 



2 



14 



70 34 44.00;— 4.05 



27 



Eastern Point 



By bearing from G] 



oucester Pt. 



70 40 12 75+ 1.90 



28 

 29 



Baker's Island 

 Cambridge* 



2 



14 



70 47 37.00 + 8.59 



W. of State House, 



Boston 



3 6.42 



30 



Dorchester* 



W. of do. 





11.24 



31 



South wick* 



W. of Springfield C 



"ourt House, 



12 59 86 



See note on preceding page. 



The mode of determining the topography of a state, of which Mr. 

 Borden's paper gives the first account, is recommended by its econo- 

 my and expedition, as well as by the very adequate accuracy of its 

 results. The survey of Massachusetts, including 8230 square miles 

 of territory, and having an indented sea coast of about 300 miles, 

 has been completed by Messrs. Borden and Paine, in little more than 

 ten years, and at an expense of 61,322 dollars. 



Dr. Hays read a note to the report of the Committee, con- 

 sisting of Dr. Horner and himself, on the Mastodon bones in 

 the Society's possession; which was ordered to be published in 

 the Transactions, with the report of the Committee. 



Dr. Hays announced the death of Dr. William P. Dewees, a 



