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PROCEEDINGS OF THE 



[Nov. 1853 . 



President Bachman, on taking the chair, asked leave to 

 express his thanks to the Society for the honor of being ap- 

 pointed their President, and as an introduction to the pursuits 

 which are the special objects of cultivation by this Society, 

 gave an interesting retrospective sketch of Natural History 

 in South Carolina, with short memoirs of the early cultivators 

 of the science. 



On motion of Prof. Vm. Hume, the President was request- 

 ed to write out the details of his remarks made this evening, 

 and that they be published with the proceedings of the So- 

 ciety. 



Members Elected. 



Hon. ¥m. Aiken. Col. Jos. D. Aiken. 



Hon. T. L. Hutchinson. Kobert Hume, Esq. 



Thomas B. Bennett, Esq. Dr. J. B. Waring. 



Eev. F. Carr. Prof. J. E. Holbrook. 



Contributions to Museum. 



Prof. S. H. Dickson presented a fine specimen of Menopo- 

 ma, from Buncombe County, North Carolina ; two Bats from 

 Mammoth Cave, Kentucky ; and one specimen Astacus Bar- 

 toni, from Buncombe, North Carolina. 



Eev. E. A. Wagner presented specimens of Ants, which 

 have for many years infested the library of the Protestant 

 Episcopal Society of Charleston. Accompanying the speci- 

 mens is a book showing their destructive ravages. 



Mr. Arminius Oemler, of Savannah, Georgia, presented, 

 through the Secretary, a small case containing about fifty 

 specimens of Butterflies, from Germany. 



On motion of Professor Holmes, a committee was appoint- 

 ed, by the Chair, to obtain a copy of the bust of the late 

 Stephen Elliott, Esq., for the use of the Society. 



The committee of Curators was charged with providing a 

 common Seal for the Association. 



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