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The speaker also mentioned the extensive archeological dis- 

 coveries on the west shore of the island, and gave a list of the 

 shells and implements discovered in several of the kitchen mid- 

 dens, and also of the bones of animals brought to light in the 

 old fireplaces in the sand dunes. He made particular mention 

 also of the great numbers of Littorina, the common periwinkle 

 of Europe, which has never before been announced from Block 

 Island. The paper was discussed by Professor Lloyd and Dr. 

 Martin. 



The second paper of the evening was by Richard E. Dodge, 

 entitled Scientific Geography in Education. The speaker 

 brought out the point that geography work may be classified 

 into three divisions, that for the common schools, the secondary 

 schools, and the universities, and outlined briefly a few sugges- 

 tions as to how the subject matter might be treated scientifically 

 in each of the groups, and the dependence of each group upon 

 the others. He paid particular attention to the difficulties of 

 securing scientific work in geography in the grade schools, and 

 to the fact that geography at present is extremely unsatisfactory 

 in most of our schools, probably because of the lack of inspi- 

 ration owing to the neglect of the subject hitherto in the universi- 

 ties of the country. The paper was illustrated by the exhibi- 

 tion of cheap and easily procurable maps, that can be used for 

 scientific geography work of several grades. 



The meeting then closed with a few remarks by Professor 

 Kemp, in reference to the famous classic, entitled Litho- 



GRAPHIvE WiRCENBURGENSIS DUCENTIS LAPIDUM FIGURANTORUM, 

 A POTIORI INSECTIFORMIUM PRODIGIOSIS IMAGINIBUS EXORNAT^, 



SPECIMEN PRIMUM, written by J. B. A. Beringer in 1726. Pro- 

 fessor Kemp summarized the work of the author in attempting 

 to explain a great collection of pseudo fossils from a theolog- 

 ical standpoint, the fossils having previously been made by some 

 practical jokers and buried in the rocks for the author to find. 



Richard E. Dodge, 

 Secretary of Sectmi. 



