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belonging to Mr. Robert Day, This showed that the recent craze among 

 the ladies of wearing strings of beads was only the revival of an old fashion 

 prevalent among the ancient inhabitants of Ireland and Kgypt. Mr. 

 Day's collection contained many specimens collected from cranuoges 

 and other sites throughout Ireland and fine specimens from Egypt. 

 Mr. J.J. Phillips had a number of drawings of Anglo-Norman architec- 

 tural remains in Ireland. Madame Christen exhibited sketches of the 

 pre-historic city of Devanna. on Dinnet Moor, photographs of Spanish 

 gipsies as modern cave-dwellers near Seville, specimens of kiesulguhr 

 from Aberdeen, and other objects. Mr. Vinycomb showed some delicate 

 specimens of three-colour process work from large half-tone blocks ; Mr. 

 Patterson, water-colour sketches of Irish subjects ; Miss Andrews, an 

 early example of photography, and some very fine views of the Antrim 

 coast painted by Andrew Nicholl, 1828. Mr. W. H. Phillips had a 

 number of rare ferns and variations in mistletoe ; Mr. J. H. Davies, rare 

 mosses, collected in the Hebrides by Dr. Braithwaite, and some from 

 Ireland. The structure and form of the leaf of one of these was seen 

 through Mr. Gray's microscope, and much admired. Miss Wheeler had 

 a few specimens of protective mimicry in animals and a trap-door spider's 

 nest ; Mr. Godfrey Macoun, delicate samples of objects in jade and agate 

 fiom China. During the evening many gained instruction in Mr. Gray's 

 micro-demonstration of form and colour in natural history objects. A 

 business meeting was held in the course of the evening, when the 

 President (Mr. F. J. Bigger) gave a short address. Speaking on the 

 subject of the destruction of animals, he said it was painfully sad to see 

 the often repeated paragraphs in our papers of the capture and destruc- 

 tion of wild birds and of our rarer animals, and of the bird visitors that 

 occasionally favour us with their presence. Could not their habits be 

 noted and their presence rejoiced in without their slaughter been 

 occasioned } Particular reference was made to the loss science had sus- 

 tained in the death of Professor Ralph Tate, one of the original members 

 and founders of the Club. After the President's remarks a short lantern 

 display was given, Mr, Hogg ably manipulating the lantern, and showing 

 some fine examples of natural colour slides by the Sauger-Shepherd 

 process. Mr. Welch showed a few slides illustrating phenomena in con- 

 nection with blown sands and sand dunes at Newcastle, followed by 

 ilustrations of eggs of birds and snails. Mr. William Gray and Mr. vSt. 

 J. Phillips showed a number of slides illustrating the summer excursions, 

 and briefly described the objects represented. A number of new 

 members were elected, and an interesting feature was the presentation 

 of prizes for collections sent in in competition for the valuable prizes 

 offered by the Club. These prizes were secured by Mr. W. A. Green for 

 a collection of land and fresh-water shells, by Mr. James Orr for a col- 

 lection of Liassic fossils, and by Miss Steele for a collection of flowering 

 plants made on the first summer excursion to Scrabo. 



NovKMBER 28.— The President, Mr. F. J. Bigger, M.R.I.A., delivered 

 a I^ecture on "The Franciscan Friary of Killconuell in the County of 

 Galway." The paper was fully illustrated by lantern slides. 



