12 PROCEEDINGS OF THE [DeC. 1859. 



that vicinity a dry sink in tlae midst of a pine forest so deep that a large yel- 

 low pine, [Pinus custralis,) which had been overturned by the suddenness of 

 its formation, lay with its roots at the edge of the sink and its top at the bot- 

 tom. He could not say whether the Florida system of caves belonged to the 

 Tei-tiary age, or to that vast develpment of coral formation which, according 

 to Prof. Agassiz' view, has built up the whole peninsular of Florida, since the 

 commencement of the present geological epoch ; but he was inclined to attri- 

 bute it to the Tertiary. 



DECEMBER 1st, 1859. 

 Vice-President W. Wragg Smith in the chair. 



Contributions to the Library. 



Proceedings of the Academy cf Natural Sciences, Philadel- 

 phia. Vol. VII, pp. 1-30. 



Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. Vol. 

 VII, pp. 9T-128. 



A letter was read, from the Smithsonian Institution, asking 

 for a copy of the Proceedings and Journal of the Elliott Society 

 for Prof. Victor Carus. Granted. 



Also a letter of thanks, from the New York State Library, 

 for copies of the Proceedings and Journal of this Society. 



A draft of a memorial to the Legislature of South Carolina, 

 praying aid to the Society, was read and approved. 



Mr. J. R. Mordecai presented to the Society a copy of a re- 

 cipe of Dr. Milne Edwards for making a preserving liquid for 

 animal tissues. 



A letter of resignation from J. D. Aiken, Esq., was read and 

 accepted. 



