270 
PROCEEDINGS Off 
[1842, 
Stated Meeting , December 12, 1842. 
The Corresponding Secretary announced the following contribu¬ 
tions and deposites : 
For the Cabinet . 
Fossil Shells and a Bone, of the Medial Tertiary Formation, 
Patuxent River, Maryland.— From Joseph Simms, St. Mary's 
County . 
Dried Flower, in seed, from Chimborazo.-— From Seth Sweetzer, 
U. S. Consul , Guayaquil. 
Box of Copper Ores, he., he.., he., from the mines of Oroa.— 
From Franklin Litchfield, U. S. Consul, Puerto Cabello. 
Box of Dried Flowers and Plants, he., he., (list with letter,) Be¬ 
douin Sabre with Sheath, Bedouin Shield made of Rhinorceros’ 
hide.— From J. Henshaw Belcher. 
Box containing Hieroglyphical Slab of Stone, from Palenque, Central 
America.— -From Charles Bussell, Consul of the United States 
at Laguna, Isla del Carmen, Mexico. 
Box containing Fused Musket Barrel, from the Tower of London.—- 
From Lieut. W. R. Palmer, U. S. Top. Engineers. 
Franklin Press, being the original press at which Dr. Franklin work¬ 
ed.-— From John B. Murray, New York. 
Box of Fossils, &c., from the coal mines near Richmond, Virginia, 
with a Journal of Minutes kept in the mine.— From A. S. Wool¬ 
dridge. 
Box Stalactites, Stalagmites, &c., from Howe’s Cave, Schoharie, 
New York.— From Giles F. Yates. 
One specimen Meleagris gallopavo, (Wild Turkey,) from Maryland. 
■—From Col. P. Force. 
One specimen Echinus; one specimen Dromia; three specimens 
Spongia, &c., from the Sandwich Islands.— From John K. Town¬ 
send. 
Fringilla, from Bermuda.— From Mrs. Lenox, Washington . 
Myrrnecophaga, (Ant-eater,) from South America.— From J. J . 
Drake, Neiv York. 
Arvicola xanthognata, from Maryland.— From Peter Naylor, Wash¬ 
ington. 
Paroaria cucullata.— From Don Carlo Paperini. 
Indian Robe, from the vicinity of Green Bay, Michigan.— From M, 
J. McClery, Washington. 
Human Skeleton, (Negro.)— From O. P . Thackara, Philadelphia. 
Horse-Shoe Fish.— From Daniel Campbell. 
Hornet’s Nest.— From James A. Cooper. 
Vegetable Impressions on Slate, from the coal mines of Pennsylvania. 
-—From Robert B. Boyd. 
Thirty-nine Indian Arrow-heads, from near Rock Creek, George- 
