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ganism to be easily followed. Until this was systematically done, they were 

 not in a position to say whether many of the species with which they were 

 acquainted were not transitional forms. His own belief was that many of 

 them were ; certainly this was a case in which they wanted more light 

 upon the subject. 



Mr. Washington Teasdale said that with regard to the question of keeping 

 objects alive, he had often been struck by the simple way in which Mr. 

 George Chantrill, of Liverpool, kept them ; he had a number of zinc shelves 

 which he kept under a bell glass, and the requisite supply of moisture was 

 supplied to the slides by means of a quantity of thick felt which was kept 

 constantly saturated. In this way Mr. Chantrill was accustomed to keep 

 his objects alive for many months, examining and making drawings of them 

 with extraordinary patience. He had come to the conclusion that many 

 organisms did change from one form to another. 



Mr. Teasdale said that he had been asked to mention at the meeting of 

 the Club that the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union had arranged for a Fungus 

 Foray to be held at Leeds on the last clay of September and first of October. 

 It was intended to hold an exhibition of fungi, and he invited the members 

 of the Club to assist by the exhibition of micro-fungi or other specimens 

 on that occasion. 



The President read a paper " On the Injection of Specimens for Micro- 

 scopical Examination." 



The Secretary moved a vote of thanks to the President for his paper, 

 which was put and unanimously carried. 



The President having briefly responded, announced the meetings for the 

 ensuing month, and the proceedings terminated with the usual Conver- 

 sazione, at which the following objects were exhibited : — 



Sections of leaf and stalk of Rhododendron,') -* T D ,, 7 . 1 



?. Mr. F. W. Andrew. 



double-stained ... ... ... ) 



Hydrafusca ... ... ... ... Mr. E. Dadswell. 



Sexual organs of male wasp ... ... Mr. F. Enock. 



Alcyonella flabellum, from Highgate... ... Mr. W. Goodwin. 



Young Sole, polarized ... ... ... Mr. H. R. Gregory. 



Stentor polymorphic, &c. ... ... ... Mr. J. D. Hardy. 



Anguis frag His, tactile (?) corpuscles of the") „ „ 



penis ... ... ... ... ) 



Suckers of Cuscuta epithymium, applied to' 



leaves of Heather 

 Cyclosis in Closterium 

 Drosera longifolia 

 Freshwater Sponge, showing circulation ... Mr. F. Wood. 

 Dr. T. Partridge, of Stroud, distributed specimens of Argulus follaceus. 

 Attendance — Members, 56 ; Visitors, 5. 



Mr. J. W. Reed. 



