NOTES FROM THE nUSEUH 



A live Wild Cat has been placed on exhibition in the Mu- 

 seum near the mounted skins of other members of the cat 

 family. This specimen was taken on the Huguelet Planta- 

 tion on Cooper River and was presented by the North State 

 Lumber Company. 



The regular April meeting of the Natural History Society 

 was devoted to a talk by Mr. H. R. Sass on * ' The Habits of 

 the Brown Pelican, " illustrated with lantern slides. The skin 

 of a young Brown Pelican was exhibited and the relative ad- 

 vantage of mounted and unmounted specimens discussed. 

 This pelican was taken March 24th, at the Drayton Station 

 Bridge on Ashley River, and was presented to the Museum 

 by Mr. W. M. Rivers of Summerville. 



With the approach of the warm season the lecturing activity 

 of the Museum will be suspended till autumn. Professor Rea 

 concluded his University Extension course with a discussion 

 of DeVries' mutation-theory of evolution and a review of 

 present tendencies in biological work. 



Professor Martin's lecture of April 18th on "The Scientific 

 Basis of Fairy Lore," aroused much interest. He reviewed 

 the evidence of the former existence of dwarf races in north- 

 ern and western Europe and, after emphasizing the remark- 

 able agreement between the legendary attributes of the fairies 

 and the characteristics of the living dwarfs of northern and 

 equatorial Africa, suggested the strong probability that Eu- 

 ropean fairy lore is based upon traditions of prehistoric dwarf 

 races. 



The loan exhibit of Japanese Engravings, described on the 

 previous page, was opened with a lecture on ''The Oriental 

 Point of View in Art," by the honorary curator, Professor 

 N. W. Stephenson, in Manigault Hall, Wednesday afternoon, 

 April 18th. 



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