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Joseph E. Ober, of Beverly Farms, gave a valuable historical sketch of 
Wests Beach. He said that- the name was. derived, not from the point 
of compass, but from John West, who held a grant of the place from 
Salem in 1660. Rev. A. P. Peabody, D. D., of Harvard University; R. &. 
Rantoul, F. W. Putnam, E. N. Walton, T. Ropes, and H. Wheatland, all of 
Salem, made remarks appertaining to the objects of the meeting. 
Fourth Meeting at Kittery, Maine, on Thursday, August 21, 1867. — The 
first meeting outside the limits of the State, and the second held out of 
Essex county. The principal objects ne DERETA aside from the natu- 
ral history of the place, are the U. S. Navy-yard, and the historical asso- 
ciations; here are to be seen the mansion of Sir wis Pepperell, the 
richest merchant and most extensive land-owner in New England at the 
‘time when he won his military reputation at Louisburg, and a baronetcy 
from the English crown; a portion of this building has been changed, but 
enough remains to give an idea of its pristine grandeur; also, the Spar- 
awk mansion, built by Sir William for a married daughter, is elabo- 
rately decorated; the Cutts’ house, etc. 
The afternoon session was held in ee hea building of the 
8. & ailroad, kindly granted to our use by the President and 
Directors of iet oad, and was called to order at 2 o’clock, by Vice- 
president Goodell. etnias botanical and zodélogical specimens, culled 
by the members, were laid upon the table, and the chairman called upon 
various gentlemen to explain them. Mr. C. M. Tracy, of Lynn, discussed 
he flor: ey t 
homo, or that part of it which is hative to Arizona Territory, the peel 
and character. Rev. E. C. 
Society of Natural History, and then gave an interesting discourse on 
microscopic fungi. Rev. Joseph Banvard, of Patterson, N. J., responded 
for a new society, founded on the plan of the Institute. Rev. George D. 
Wildes, of Salem, alluded to the Historical Associations of this place. 
James N. Buffum, of ge soe others, addressed the meeting. 
town, replete with many old historical associations. On arriving, the 
party a geen to the Town Hall, where the baskets were deposited, 
from which they diverged in daiis directions, some into the woods, 
along ee banks of the river, and down to the very interesting beach 
just below its mouth. Some took the Topsfield road, in search of plants 
and snails; others to ‘the neck,” where some ancient In dian 
were inspected. 
je afternoon session was held in the vestry of the Methodist Church. 
ident Goodell, upon taking the chair, explained the objects of the 
Society, and briefly recounted its history. George D. Phippen, ot 


