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Second Meeting at Andover.— After a cordial reception by Professor 
Thayer, of the Theological Seminary, the company divided A hg 
ae and visited the various objects of interest; many w 
rary and museum of the blips Seminary, the new fils 
a Phillips Academy, etc. The naturalists repaired to the woods and 
meadows, and were amply repaid ye their excursions. The meeting 
was held in the South Congregational Church. Dr. George B. Loring, of 
Salem, of the Field Meeting Committee, presided, and, on taking the chair, 
alluded to several interesting episodes in the history of this town, and 
briefly stated the objects of the Institute. .A. Hyatt, of Salem, spoke of 
he had found during the previous ramble, and illustrated his subject by 
drawings on the blackboard. Professor Hitchcock exhibited a map of An- 
dover, upon which he had designated, by different colors, the localities of 
the four principal kinds of rocks—granite, stratified gneiss, mica schist, 
and ae Carer: Quincy sienite. George D. Phippen, of Salem, spoke 
of the Rev. Mr. Smith, pastor of the church; Rev. C. R. Palmer, of 
Salem; nae F. G. jia o of Andover; Hinapi D. Crosby, of Dart- 
mouth College; Professor A. Crosby, of Salem; President Larrabee, for- 
merly of R cua and others, alias the scene 
Third Meeting at Beverly Farms, on Thursday, August 1, 1867.— Dis- 
embarking at Pride’s aint Hoke on the Gloucester Branch Railroad : 
party separated into groups, under guides familiar with the adjacent ; 
country. One of these groups rambled over the wild and elevated re- 
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elegant mansions in that beautiful locality. r ce of naturalists passed — 
the forenoon in dredging the harbor for crabs, worms, mollusks, and 
zoophytes 
atten ynoon session was held in the Second Baptist Church, at 
nin: Vice-president A. C. Goodell, jr., in the chair. After a few pre- 
inary remarks from the chair, reading records, correspondence, ani 
daia C. M. Tracy, of Lynn, described the flora peculiar to this rei 
since those cultivated in one country, grow spontaneously in others. 
Messrs. E. S. Morse and A. Hyatt spoke of the various objects found 
during the previous dredgings, —the first named discussed the mollusea, 
the other the radiates, and also described the different belts or zones 
which animals and plants are found, each having its peculiar species. 
