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well known, bad kindly presented these to add to the completeness 

 of their set. He felt sure that this gift would be highly appre- 

 ciated by those members who worked in that direction, because these 

 were not merely 37 diatom slides, but 37 Morland slides. 



The Chairman said they would be glad to see that Part 5 of 

 Professor Lowne's book on the blowfly was published, and to know 

 that there was a prospect of the work being finished before the end 

 of the year. He had not yet received his own copy, but on look- 

 ing into the one upon the table he noticed that amongst other 

 things it dealt largely with Mr. Lowne's favourite subject, " The 

 Compound Eye." The slides of diatoms to which Mr. Karop had 

 drawn attention were of great value to the Club, and could not be 

 passed without special notice. 



A special vote of thanks to Mr. Morland was accordingly, on the 

 motion of the Chairman, unanimously carried. 



The Chairman said that it would be within the knowledge of all 

 those members who were in the habit of attending the excursions 

 that there had been a feeling amongst them of a desire to express 

 in some tangible method their sense of indebtedness to Mr. Par- 

 sons, who had for a space of over ten years so ably laboured to make 

 them a success. This feeling was not confined to those who 

 attended the excursions, but was shared in by many others, who, 

 from want of time or other causes, were unable to go to them, but 

 who nevertheless desired to recognize their appreciation of the ser- 

 vices which Mr. Parsons liad in this way rendered to the Club. He 

 greatly regretted that, owing to an attack of influenza, their 

 President was unable to be jn-esent that evening, but in his absence 

 it devolved upon him to present to Mr. Parsons, on behalf of his 

 fellow members, this slight token of their sense of indebtedness to 

 him. In addition to this testimonial, consisting of a suitably en- 

 graved gold watch, one of the members, Mr. Rousselet, had also 

 given for presentation to Mr. Parsons a set of slides illustrative of 

 some of the " pond life " so associated with the results of their ex- 

 cursions. 



Mr. Parsons said he felt very deeply the great honour which had 

 been done to him in the presentation of this testimonial, but hoped 

 he should be excused from making any speech, to which he felt 

 entirely unequal on that occasion. He desired, however, very 

 heartily to thank those who had been concerned in the matter, and 

 to assure them that though unable to do justice to his feelings he 



