CLXXVIII 



Monday, December 4. Regular meeting. 

 Rev. George D. Wildes in the chair. 



Letters were announced from the following: — 



Prof. S. F. Baird, Smithsonian Institution ; Prof. A. Guyot, Prince- 

 ton, X. J. : Capt. Alpheus Hyatt, Baltimore, Md. ; E. S. Morse, Port- 

 land, Me. : Prof. A. E. Verrill, Yale College; H. M. Raynor, New York: 

 Thomas Bland, Xew York: Prof. Theo. Gill, Smithsonian Institution; 

 Prof. Wm. P. Blake, San Francisco, Cal. ; Joseph E. Chase, Holyoke, 

 Mass. : Wm. Couper, Quebec, Canada : Prof. J. G. Norwood, Columbia, 

 Mo. : Dr. J. C. Puis. Ghent, Belgium: A. M. Edwards, New York: C. S. 

 Fellows, Boston: Henry B. Dawson, Morrisauia, X. Y., relating to the 

 publications : Prof. E. D. Cope, Haverford College, requesting the loan 

 of specimens: Prof. S. F. Baird, Smithsonian Institution; Prof. A. E. 

 Verrill, Yale College: S. Stebbins, Springfield; Hon. H. A. Bellows. 

 Concord. X. H. ; Eobert E. C. Stearns, San Francisco, Cal. : Geo. A 

 Boardman. Milltown, Me. : Dr. Theo. A. Tellkampf, Xew York: Frank 

 Stratton. Xatick, Mass. : Wm. Couper, Quebec, Canada ; John S. Stev- 

 ens, London, Eng. ; Prof. Leo Lesquereux. Columbus, Ohio ; Dr. Daniel 

 Clark, Flint, Mich. ; Prof. J. G. Xorwood, Columbia. Mo. : Thomas Bar- 

 low, Canastota, X. Y. Dr. J. C. Puis, Ghent, Belgium; Prof. Richard 

 Owen, Bloomington, Ind. : M. G. Farmer, Salem ; Francis C. Webster, 

 Salem; Justin Hinds, Salem: Richard Eddy, Libr., Pennsylvania His- 

 torical Society; X. E. Atwood, Provincetown ; Fitch Poole, South 

 Danvers; C. P. Preston, Sect. Essex Agricultural Society; Desmond 

 Fitzgerald, Providence, R. I. ; John R. Bartlett. Providence, R. I. ; Geo. 

 Brinley, Hartford, Ct., on various business matters and the transmis- 

 sion of specimens and books : Baron R. Osten-Sacken, Russian Consul 

 at Xew York, accepting membership : Xew Haven Colony Historical 

 Society, acknowledging the receipt of Publications. 



Donations were announced to the Library and Museum. 



Capt. N. E. Atwood, of Provincetown, made a verbal 

 communication on the Lobster. 



The Lobster is found in great abundance on our coast 

 from the southern point of Cape Cod northward, being 

 plentiful in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. They are caught. 

 in the vicinity of the Islands of Boston harbor and along 

 the "North shore" during the whole year. In winter they 

 are caught in deep water. As the spring advances, they 

 come near the shore and are taken in vast quantities. 



In March, April, May, and June, large numbers are 

 taken and sent to Boston, Xew York and other markets, 



