Bulletin of the Essex Institute, Volume 22Essex Institute., 1891 Vol. 30 includes "The first half century of the Essex Institute," and "List of present members." |
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Page 58 - L. of equal length, they are readily distinguished by the possession of four barbels instead of six," as well as " by the difference in shape of those on the maxillaries— they being shorter, less compressed, and more threadlike, by the wide separation in the middle of the band of vomerine teeth, by a larger eye, by a greater slope to the sides of the head, by a smaller dorsal, by the smaller number of rays in the anal, and by the markings.
Page 121 - Buflalo extend to us a hearty welcome. They pledge themselves that every facility shall be afforded for the business of the Association, and that they will do all in their power to make the occasion one of pleasure and profit. Arrangements will be made with the Hotels, for a reduction in the price of fare. Ladies will be entertained gratuitously. On the principal lines of travel, the usual reduction of line is expected.
Page 65 - ... tutelar was the Gila monster, an ugly reptile peculiar to Arizona, and as its name implies, most common along the Gila River. It is a sort of cross between a lizard and an alligator, roughly striped black and white on a yellowish background. Its length varies from ten to thirty inches, and a large sized fellow is as thick as a strong man's arm. When prodded with a stick it hisses and thrusts out its heavy forked tongue, raising its head menacingly but scarcely moving otherwise. Its bite is often...
Page 118 - ... was given by Mr. DURGIN, on Natural History, as a branch of early education. At 11, a lecture by Dr. J. JACKSON, on Physical Education. At a few minutes after 12, came to order, and proceeded to the choice of officers. Messrs. BAILEY, of Boston, CARTER, of Lancaster, and GREENLEAF, of Bradford, Ms. •were appointed a Committee to receive, sort and count the votes. The entire list reported by the Committee was sustained. [See list of officers at the end of the volume.] The following question,...
Page 64 - ... out of the lungs with a sound very much resembling a deep sigh. The moulting began about the last of July or the first of August, and was not completed until the last of September. The skin was removed in pieces, beginning about the middle of the body. In regard to the nature of the vermin and the fatality of the bite there is little to offer that is new. The...
Page 135 - Nov. 25, the snow blew into balls, one of which had rolled seventy-six feet, measuring 17J by 22 inches; of 1794-5, when the Betsey was launched in Salem on Christmas Day, the thermometer indicating 80 degrees above zero at noon and men and boys went in swimming ; of 1801-2, when the Ulysses, Brutus...
Page 134 - If thou canst do this thing, I invite thee to come to Rhode Island and have the credit and the profit of introducing cotton manufacture into America.
Page 135 - The holidays were referred to — Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's, and the winter pleasures, such as sleighrides, dancing, spinning and quilting parties, and games, shuffleboard, coasting, skating, trapping, gunning, fishing, singing schools and girls' samplers. He also spoke of the old modes of travel, snow shoes, etc. Nearly all the heavy teaming was done on sleds, and he mentioned the winter of 1768-9, when the travelling was so bad that the farmers in the western part of the state could...
Page 18 - The greatest width of the body is contained two and one-half times in the length of the head. The diameter of the eye is...
Page 135 - ... 1740-41, said to be the severest winter known by the settlers, Salem harbor being frozen over as early as October ; of 1774-75, a wonderfully mild winter; of 1779-80, when for forty days, including March, there was no perceptible thaw, and the snow was so hard and deep that loaded teams passed over the fences in any direction, arches being dug under the snow so that men on horseback could ride under them, and which was long remembered as the hard winter ; of...