PROCEEDINGS OF 
820 
[1843. 
Lead Ore, from Arkansas; Cotton and Cotton-Seed, from Big Black 
River, Hides County, Mississippi.— From M. D. Collins. 
Two specimens of Silver, from Coast of California.— From J. T. 
Ames. 
Trilobite, from Morgan County, Sleepy Creek, Virginia.— From Al¬ 
exander Ambler. 
Two Newspapers, from Newfoundland ; five pieces of Continental 
Paper Money.*— From J. Templar. 
Plaster Head of General Washington .--From Miss C. Gallaudet. 
Bronze Statute of General Washington.— Deposited by P. W. Gal¬ 
laudet. 
Copper Coin of George II, of England.— From Daniel Holmes. \ 
Copper Coin, with the Lord’s Prayer on one side, a Crown and 
Halo on the other.— From Peter Callan. 
Large Silk Worm, from New Orleans; inhabits the willows on the 
banks of the Bayous.— From James Saul. 
Map of Madrid, and Plaster Cast of a Sacrifice.— From Mrs. Mar¬ 
garet Julien. 
Ortygometra noveboracensis, (New York Rail,) said to be the only 
specimen ever found in this District, killed on the Potomac river, 
opposite Washington.— From George Washington Custis. 
For the Library. 
History of Vermont, Natural, Civil, and Statistical, in three parts, 
octavo, by Zadock Thompson.—■ From Henry Stevens . 
Stated Meeting , December 11, 1843. 
The Corresponding Secretary announced the following contribu¬ 
tions and donations; 
For the Cabinet. 
Package of Seeds collected by Dr. Schrenk, for the Imperial Bo¬ 
tanic Garden of St. Petersburg, from the country of the Kirghees.—- 
From the Imperial Garden , by Professor Fischer . 
Two specimens of Proteus, or Hypochton anguinus, (in a large bot¬ 
tle,) very rare, found only in Carniola, Austria, described by Dr. 
Schreibers, in Philosophical Transactions, London, 1801, &c., 
he.—-From Charles de Schreibers , M. D., Aulic Councillor , 
Director of the Imperial and Royal Cabinet of Natural History 
at Vienna. 
Stalactite, from the celebrated cave of Adelsburg, in Carniola; 
Chamois’ Horns,, killed on the hunting grounds of the Archduke 
John of Austria, from the mountains of Styria; Candlestick, 
made of Salzberg Marble, with which the columns of the Walhalla 
