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the shore at Skipsea, and now in the posses- 

 sion of Arthur Strickland, Esq., was exhib- 

 ited to the company ; and some appropriate 

 observations on this discovery were made by 

 Mr. Young. Nothing more of this nature re- 

 mains to be stated, unless we notice what has 

 taken place at an early stage of the present 

 Meeting, when Mr. Young read an Essay on 

 the Kirkdale Cave and its contents, illustra- 

 ting the subject by numerous specimens of 

 Fossil Bones, &c., from the Cave, now in the 

 Museum. 



Under all the circumstances stated above, 

 it is not surprising, that our Museum should 

 become an object of increasing attraction. 

 Accordingly, the list of Visitors, during these 

 ten months, has exceeded that of any former 

 year, the number amounting to above 620. 

 A few of these were Donors or Benefactors, 

 resident in or near Whitby, admitted on 

 account of services rendered to the Society ; 

 but by far the greater number were strangers, 

 from various parts of Britain, and of the 

 world ; and several of them persons of rank, 

 and of high literary attainments. 



After communicating these interesting facts, 

 it is unnecessary for your Council to say 

 more, for encouraging you to go on in your 



