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HULLKTI.N OF WISCONSIN NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. VOL. 2. NO. 1. 
A valuable collection of coins belonging to Mr. Altenberg was 
examined with much interest by those present. The expenditure 
connected with the holding of a State Archeological meeting was 
authorized by the society, after which the meeting was adjourned. 
Thursday, September 26, 1901. 
At this meeting, which was attended by 26 persons, President 
Teller brought the matter of the society's library to the attention 
of those present, stating that the documents relating to the trans- 
fer of the books to the Public Museum had been lost, and that 
while the Trustees of that institution had expressed their willing- 
ness to have the library properly catalogued and put in charge of a 
competent person, they did not see their way clear to do so while 
the ownership of the books remained in doubt. 
The subject was discussed at some length by E. Bruncken, Dr. 
Stanhope and Chas. Doerflinger, after which a committee consist- 
ing of Messrs. Peckham, Monroe, West and Bennetts was ap- 
pointed by the President to confer with the Museum Board and 
to look after the society's interest in this matter. 
C. E. Brown then briefly reported concerning the section meet- 
ings that had been held since the last general meeting of June 27, 
after which the first paper of the evening was read by Chas. Doer- 
flinger, whose subject was ''The Prehistoric Exhibit at the Paris 
Exposition of 1900." He described especially the excellent repro- 
ductions of the rock pictures from the walls of caves that had 
recently been discovered in Southern France, those of the cave 
"Pair-non-Pair," near Bourg sur Gironde, being of unusupl inter- 
est ; and also drew attention to the value added to the exhib'ts by 
the numerous books of reference that accompanied them pnd that 
were accessible to all visitors. The adoption of some similar plan 
by our Public Museum was suggested in the paper. 
Adolf Biersach followed with a paper on the habits of the 
common toad, Avhich consisted largelv in a defence of this useful 
little animal against the evil reputation that the superstition and 
ignorance of the people had conferred upon it. 
At this meeting twentv persons were elected to membership 
as follows: E. R. Bucklev, of Rolla. Missouri; Horace Pe-^ch, 
Sr., of Prairie du Chien ; F. M. Caldwell, Princeton ; W. P. Clark, 
of Milton: Matt Duane, Marshall: Wm. Finp-er, MH^'^^aukee; 
Frank B. Farp-o, Lake Mills: P. D. Griste, East Trov : Alnhonse 
Gerend. St. Francis: W. W. Gilman, BoscoM ; H. M. J'^ycox, 
T ake Mills: Rudolf Knehne, Shebovgan : Rev. T. G Laurer, 
Plain: T. H. Lvman. Kenosha: Frank Mueller, Princeton: G. 
F. Melcher, Woodland ; R. L. Porter, Mukwonago ; Chas. Slocum, 
