1838.] 299 
York . D. Jayne & Son, Messrs. Henry Phillips, Jr., and 
Isaac Mel Philadelphia ; a S. National Museum, U.S. Geo: 
logical Survey, Surgeon-General’s Office, “The American 
Monthly Microscopical Journal,” Washington, D. C.;- Univer- 
sity of California, Sacramento. 
A photograph was received from the Rev. Dr. George W. 
Anderson, Bryn Mawr, for the Society’s album. 
The Special Committee appointed to examine a paper for 
the Transactions, by Prof. J. C. Branner, entitled “ The Creta- 
ceous and Tertiary Geology of the Seryipe-Alayoas Basin of 
Brazil,” reported in favor of its publication, and, on motion, 
the committee was discharged and the paper ordered to be 
printed. 
Mr. Patterson DuBois read, by appointment, an obituary 
notice of the late James C. Hoo: 
Dr. Daniel G. Brinton read a paper on “The Language of 
Paleeolithie Man.” 
Pending nomination No. 1180 was withdrawn. 
And the Society was adjourned by the President. 
Stated Meeting, October 19, 1888. 
Present, 15 members. 
President, Mr. FRALEY, in the Chair. 
Correspondence was submitted as follows: 
A letter from Mr. J. Sergeant Price, Treasurer of the So- 
ciety, acknowledging the receipt from the President of the 
check for $5000 given to the Society at its last meeting by 
Miss Emily Phillips. 
The President communicated a copy of the letter sent by 
him to Miss Phillips acknowledging her gift. 
A letter from the President of the Society stating that he 
had appointed as the Committee authorized by the Society at 
its last meeting to report to the Society rules and regulations 
