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McComb and others. It was largely made up from refugees 

 from the French Revolution, and prospered for a time. But 

 after the revolution was over, many families returned to 

 France, and the colony was almost entirely deserted. Five 

 or six families were all that remained, and their descend- 

 ants are still to be found in the region. 



Dr. H. exhibited a specimen of the coupon of the com- 

 pany, the holder of which was entitled to a specified amount 

 of land ; also a jetton of the company, about the size of an 

 American half dollar. On one side of this piece is a figure 

 of Ceres, holding aloft a carpenter's brace and bits, with 

 which she has just tapped a sugar maple tree. In the ori- 

 fice has been inserted a hollow tube, from which the sap is 

 flowing in a copious stream. A faucet has been inserted 

 in the tube to regulate the otherwise too rapid flow. 



One man was connected with this enterprise who has 

 since become famous in the field of practical engineering, 

 and whose son has but recently died — Brunei the celebrated 

 engineer. 



At the close of Dr. Hough's communication, Dr. P. P. 

 Carpenter of London, who was present, exhibited to the 

 Institute drawings of the microscopic shells, discovered by 

 him burrowed in the shells of other molluscs. The draw- 

 ings were executed by the aid of a camera of peculiar con- 

 struction, by means of which the artist seems to be tracing 

 his pencil on the shells he is drawing. These drawings, 

 Dr. C. explained, were designed to be photographed down 

 to a uniform scale, and then engraved. 



Dr. Carpenter also exhibited to the Institute a method of 

 using common ambrotype pictures in the magic lantern, in- 

 stead of the designs prepared especially for such a purpose. 



Adjourned. 



November 29, 1859. 



The president, Hon. J. Y. L. Pruyn, presided. 



Dr. Hough, from the committee on binding pamphlets, 

 reported their work complete, and the volumes now in the 

 possession of the Institute. 



