MUTUAL HELP IN MICROSCOPICAL WORK. 



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Generally speaking the members mentioned above cannot 

 undertake to enter into correspondence on the subjects to which 

 their names are attached, but they will be most happy to give 

 any assistance in their power, to those requiring it, at the 

 meetings of the Club. And in this connection the following 

 suggestions may be made to those wishing for information : — 



(1) Bring up specimens to the meetings for exhibition and 

 identification whenever possible. It is quite a mistake for a 

 member to hesitate about bringing objects for exhibition because 

 he does not know precisely what they are ; in fact, that should be 

 one of the best of reasons for bringing them. It may safely be 

 affirmed that at least as much general benefit will be derived 

 from following this course as from the exhibition of the specialist's 

 choicest rarities. 



(2) If, for one reason or another, specimens cannot be exhibited, 

 drawings or photographs of the objects about which information 

 is wanted should be brought up. The fact that the drawings 

 may be crude should not deter members from bringing them to 

 the meetings. A rough sketch, if made direct from the object, 

 is very often quite suflScient for purposes of identification, and 



