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blue brick, Fuller's earth and Bath brick deposits were sketched 

 briefly, and the technological treatment in Great Britain, Ger- 

 many and the United States was compared. The latter part of 

 the paper was devoted to a rapid summary of the position, quality, 

 uses and manner of mining of the famous clays of Bornholm, 

 Denmark ; of the Glasspot clays of southeastern Belgium ; of 

 the Kaolin deposits of Limoges, France, and the deposits of 

 Prussia. 



The paper was discussed by Dr. Julien, the Chairman, and 

 Professor Hallock. 



Professor Henry F. Osborn described the progress this year 

 made through international effort in correlating the larger divi- 

 sions of the fresh water Tertiary deposits of Europe by a study 

 of the vertebrate remains. 



Professor J. F. Kemp was nominated for Chairman of the Str- 

 tiofi for the ensuing year. There being no other nomination he 

 was unanimously elected. 



Dr. Heinrich Ries was nominated for Secretary of the Section 

 and unanimously elected. 



Academy adjourned at 9:15. 



Richard tl Dodge, 

 Secretary of Section. 



SUB-SECTION OF PHILOLOGY. 



March 28, 1898. 



Meeting called to order by Chairman, Professor T. R. Price. 



Officers for the ensuing year were elected : Lawrence A. Mc- 

 Louth, Cliairman ; A. V. Williams Jackson, Secretary. 



Moved and carried to request Council of Academy to pro- 

 vide for four meetings of Philological Section for 1898-99. 



The following papers were read and discussed : 



E. G. Sihler, The latter part of Lucretius, and P>icurus 



J. R. Wheeler, The Newly Discovered Poems of Bacchv- 



LIDES. 



