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was once a part of Lynn, and was then known as "Lynn 

 Village," and, therefore, properly within the range of the 

 researches of the Institute. 



The Chairman responded, thanking the people of the 

 town for the interest they had manifested this day and for 

 their successful efforts to make the visit of the Institute a 

 pleasant one. 



Rev. W. W. Hayward, of South Reading, read an 

 original hymn, written by a resident of Reading, which 

 was sung by the choir of the church. 



The records of the last meeting were read, and donations 

 to the Library and Museum were announced. 



Letters were announced from : 



E. W. Blatchford, Chicago, 111. ; Chas. J. Sprague, Boston ; Joseph 

 N. Howe, Boston; Prof. C. F. Chandler, Columbia College; Thomas 

 Barlow, Canastota, N. Y. ; J. Kirkpatrick, Cleveland, Ohio ; Prof. J. C. 

 Holmes, Lynn; Dr. A. Kellogg, San Francisco, Cal. ; J. J. Haagensen, 

 St. Thomas, W. I. ; Dr. Frederick Brendel, Peoria, 111. ; Geo. W. Peck, 

 New York; Prof. A. Winchell, Ann Arbor, Mich.; Chas. Stodder, Bos- 

 ton; G. Hastings Grant, New York, relating to the publications: Dr. 

 Win. Stimpson, Corr. Sect., Chicago Acad. Nat. Science; Prof. Theo. 

 Gill, Smithsonian Institution; Prof. S. F. Baird, Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion; E. A. Samuels, State Cabinet; E. S. Morse, Gorham, Me.; Rev. 

 E. C. Bolles, Portland, Me. ; Prof. J. G. Norwood, Missouri State Uni- 

 versity; Dr. A. S. Packard, Jr., Brunswick, Me.; Prof. P. A. Chad- 

 bourn, William's College ; G. A. Boardman, Milltown, Me. ; Dr. Daniel 

 Clark, Flint, Mich. ; Prof. D. S. Sheldon, Griswold College, Davenport, 

 Iowa ; Tryon Reakirt, Philadelphia ; Henry L. Hotchkiss, New Haven, 

 Conn.; Mrs. P. A. Hanaforcl, Heading; A. J. Archer, Salem, on busi- 

 ness, and acknowledging the receipt of specimens : Prof. Richard Owen, 

 New Harmony, Ind. ; Prof. E. D. Cope, Haverford College, Pa., accept- 

 ing membership : Maine Historical Society; Albany Institute, acknow- 

 ledging receipt of Publications. 



A communication on the Geology of Reading by Mr. L. 

 B. Pillsbury of Hopkinton, formerly principal of the High 

 School in Reading, was read by the chair. 



John M. Ives, of Salem, spoke of Birds, particularly of 

 the Swallows, describing the habits of the various species 



