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receive him. No guest can have such welcome as we 

 keep for him. How fitting is it that the lovers of sci- 

 ence, of literature, of art, have one dwelling-place: 

 Science is the knowledge that comes in answer to the 

 spirit of inquiry. 



Literature and art are the conservers of that knowl- 

 edge. They three have been the trinity of forces which 

 have made the history of civilization. How cheering it 

 is for our enterprise that one of the most distinguished 

 of living scientists, renowned as well for his gifts as 

 writer and as orator, should promptly accept our invita- 

 tion to lend his presence, his voice, his pen to the pleas- 

 ures of this occasion. 



I have the honor to introduce Dr. T. Sterry Hunt, who 

 will address you on the subject of "Mineral Physiol- 

 ogy." 



Dr. Hunt gave a general sketch of the sciences as rela- 

 ted to each other, and in a special way considered the 

 phenomena of terrestrial circulation as exhibited in min- 

 eral waters, mineral veins, &c, showing how the mineral 

 processes involved therein strikingly illustrate their 

 physical and chemical relations to the organic world. 



Dr. Hunfs address is published in full in Part II. of 

 this volume. 



DECEMBER 13, 1882— EIGHTH REGULAR MEETING. 



C. B. Warring, Ph.D., President,pro tern., in the chair ; 

 eleven members present. 



Four members were elected. 



FEBRUARY 7, 1883— NINTH REGULAR MEETING. 



Prof. T. J. Backus, President, in the chair. 



Eleven members present. 



Dr. Stevenson proposed amendments to Articles II, 

 111, V, VI, VII, X. XI, XII, XV and XVIII of the By- 

 laws. 



Four members were elected. 



APRIL 11, 1883— TENTH REGULAR MEETING. 



Prof. T. ,1. Backus. President, in the chair ; seventeen 

 members present. 



The extensive herbariums of Mr. YV. R. Gerard and 

 Dr. A. P. Van Gieson — each herbarium including nearly 



