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Wilson followed from the same standpoint, while W. Heape, 

 F.R.S., insisted on the need of rational nutrition for the 

 mother. On Saturday, 5th September, one party visited 

 Colonel Everard's tobacco farm in County Meath, while 

 another were received at the Albert Agricultural College, 

 Glasnevin, and shown over the buildings and lands. 



Section H. — Anthropology. 



Section H met in the Royal College of Physicians under 

 the presidency of Professor William Ridgewuy. The pro- 

 gramme was a long and varied one, lasting the full five days, 

 and the meetings were well attended throughout, the excel- 

 lent acoustic properties of the lecture hall adding greatly to 

 the success of the Section. The President's address, " The 

 application of Zoological Laws to Man," in which he attacked 

 the almost universally-held theory that Europe was first 

 peopled by a non-Aryan race, and also called attention to 

 certain tendencies of modern legislation, which he deemed 

 unwise from the anthropologist's standpoint, was one of the 

 best and most original of the presidential addresses. Papers 

 which attracted much interest were those of Dr. Elliot-Smith, 

 dealing with the history of mummification in Egypt, and a 

 fully illustrated account of the Veddas, by Dr. C G. Selig- 

 mann. Considering that the Section met in Dublin, and 

 under an Irish President, Irish Archaeology was not as well 

 represented as it might have been ; but Dr. Scharff read an 

 important paper on the Irish crannog horse, and Mr. Goddard 

 Orpen furnished a contribution on the vexed question of Irish 

 motes, while Mr. Coffey and his assistant were responsible for 

 four fully illustrated papers, which included an account of 

 the distribution of gold lunulae in Ireland and portions of 

 Northern Europe, and a paper on a leather shield of Bronze 

 age type, recently discovered in Co. Longford, and presented 

 to the Royal Irish Academy. It was gratifying to hear the 

 President, when discussing these papers, tell the Section that 

 they had beside them, in the Royal Irish Academy's collection, 

 the best arranged Museum in the British Islands, and prob- 

 ably in Europe. Plenty of time was allowed for discussions 

 after each paper, and these were, in nearly every case, illum- 

 inating and useful. 



