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back no ideas save those which the}- took with them when starting 

 on tlieir quest; and this leniils one to doubt, in spite of their dis- 

 heveled hair, paUor and exhaustion, whether they have after all 

 really been away from home. 



At nightfall the supposed traveler is lured back by incantations, 

 and then she slips slyly back into her accustomed duties, with no 

 chance, for another whole year perhaps, to take a jaunt either 

 with body or soul, 



Swatow, China, August 1, 1886. 



September 28. 



Mr. W. W. Jefferis in the chair. 



Seventeen persons present. 



The death of Charles Baeder, a member, was announced. 



Richard H. Day was elected a member. 



The following was ordered to be printed : 



