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diffusion of useful knowledge and the generous culture of 

 letters, science and the arts, as not the least among the 

 honorable services of a well spent life. 



John L. Marks, William H. Silsbee, and Henry It. Gard- 

 ner, of Salem, were elected Resident Members. 



Tuesday, June 6. Adjourned Regular meeting. 

 Henry F. King in the chair. 

 On motion of the Superintendent it was Voted : That 

 the thanks of the Institute be tendered to George C. Hun- 

 tington, Esq., of Kelley's Island, Ohio, for the donation of 

 a valuable collection of Fishes from Lake Erie, and also 

 for his kindness in defraying the necessary expenses at- 

 tending the same. 



Wednesday, June 7. Field meeting at Nahant. 

 The society opened their series of Field meetings this 

 day by a visit to the ever delightful retreats of Nahant. 

 The number in attendance reaching over two hundred who 

 took the regular conveyances from the Central Station, 

 besides many who took other means and different hours 

 for the passage. Arriving at the. Methodist Chapel, which 

 had been selected as the place of meeting, the company 

 deposited their various provisions, and under the guidance 

 of John Q. Hammond, Esq., the greater number set out to 

 examine the curiosities of the place. Some, in search of 

 particular objects, scattered here and there, to fish, or gather 

 plants, or break the rocks for specimens of minerals. But 

 most of the party made a circuit round the shore, passing 

 the summer residences of Gen. Fremont, Prof. Longfellow, 

 and that formerly of Prescott, the historian, as well as 

 many more. The "Swallow's Cave" received due atten- 

 tion, as also those features of the eastern extremity, " Pulpit 

 Rock,' 5 "Natural Bridge," "Castle Rock," and the "Spouting 



