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but if it be so, he has lost some of the more refined elements which 

 belong to oui- human nature ; and, in ceasing to sympathise with art, has 

 lost some of those qualities, which make up the Mah. 



TENTH MEETING. 



Royal Institution. — Maich 8, 1852. 



J. B. YATES, Esq., F.S.A., &c., Pkesident, in the chair. 



Mr. Norman M'Leod and Mr. Robert G. Williams, B.A., were 

 elected Ordinary Members. 



Mr. Byerley exhibited living specimens of 



Doris tuberculata, 



,, bilamellata, 

 Eolis Drummondi, 



„ aurantiaca, 



„ papillosa, 



all from Hilbra island. 



Dendronotus arborescens, 

 Ascidia sordida, 

 „ scabra, 

 Natica monilifera, 



Dr. Dickinson noticed the discovery by Mr. Byerley of the Eolis 

 Lanshurgii, on our own coast; hitherto only one specimen had been 

 obtained, and that was discovered by Mr. David Landsborough, Jun., 

 at Saltcoats. 



A Paper was read by Mr. John Faram, of which the following is an 

 abstract : — 



ON THE POWER THAT ORGANIZES AND ANIMATES. 



Vegetables and tinimals cannot be formed from the proper tendencies 

 of chemical elements, and therefore the power that organizes them into 

 such bodies must be a distinct and superior power. 



