i89S.; 
4 J / [Generdl Meeting. 
As to the actual existence of sucli a set of eddies on this 
portion of the coast, though not rigidl}^ proved, we may with 
some show of reason infer that they exist. For on other parts of 
our own coast and on foreign coasts, i such as along the south 
coast of Alaska, and on the northern coast of the Isthmus of 
Panama, we find such eddies set up by the great ocean currents. 
And, moreover, we have Mr. Tuomey's observation of such a 
current flowing along the coast of South Carolina. 
Our assumption, then, of a set of back-eddies is not a violent 
one, and it seems to suit our needs better than previous 
exj^lanations. 
Gexeeal Meeti>^g, March 20, 1895. 
Vice-President W. G. Farlow in the chah. Thirty-eight per- 
sons present. 
The death of George N. Lawrence, of the Marquis de Saporta, 
and of Isaac Sprague, Corresponding Members of the Society, 
was announced. 
Miss Grace E. Cooley read a paper on the reserve cellulose of 
the endosperm of seeds of the Liliaceae and of some alhed orders. 
(See Memoirs Boston soc. nat. hist., vol. .5, no. 1.) 
General Meetixg, April 2, 1895. 
President W. H. Niles in the chair. Sixty-one persons 
present. 
Prof. Harold C. Ernst spoke on the antitoxine of diphtheria. 
Gexeral 3Ieetixg, April 17, 1895. 
President W. H. Xiles in the chair. Two hundred and 
eighty-four persons present. 
1 See a chart of ocean currents published by Dr. O. Krummel in 1886 for the 
" Anleitungen zu wisseuschaftlichen Beobachtungen f. Reisenden." 
PKOCEEDIXGS B. S. X. H. VOL. XXVI. ,32 jUNE 1895. 
