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President, who said : This is the third time that we 

 have beeil kindly invited to hold a meeting in this beau- 

 tiful grove, dedicated to Christ and to the church. The 

 first was 011 July 6, 1866, and the second Aug. 12, 

 1877. On all these occasions we have been cordially re- 

 ceived and heartily welcomed. This is the third field meet- 

 ing of the present season : the first, at Topsfield, the 

 geographical ceiitre of the county ; the second, at Annis- 

 quam, on the borders of the sea. 



At the first the land and fresh- water animals and plants 

 were considered ; at the second the marine. The first 

 commemorated the fiftieth anniversary of the meeting 

 held in Topsfield on the sixteenth of April, 1834. In this 

 connection the President made brief notice of some 

 of the persons who were the first to place their names 

 on the roll of membership : Ichabod Tucker, Daniel A. 

 White, Andrew Nichols, Thomas Spencer, Thomas Cole, 

 Robert Manning, William Oakes, Gardner B. Perry, 

 John L. Russell, John C. Lee, B. H. Ives, J. M. Ives 

 and Charles G. Page. 



James F. Almy, treasurer of the Asbury Grove Cor- 

 poration, extended a cordial welcome to the Institute at 

 its third meeting at the grove. He spoke of the maiiy 

 natural attractions of the place, and said that while, as a 

 summer home for hundreds of people, Asbury Grove had 

 become very populär, the fact that it had been dedicated 

 to the worship of God gave to it an added charm. Mr. 

 Almy referred to the singing of the birds, the beauty of 

 the trees and the ever-changing foliage, and the many 

 forms of animal life, all of which offered an abundant 

 opportunity for the study of nature which should be im- 

 proved. 



