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toad locusts from German S.W. Africa " : Dr. K. Marloth- H^e locusts 

 harmonised curiously in colour with the stones amongst which they were found. 

 — " Nutmeg Poisoning " : Dr. A. M. Wilson- — " Observations on some 

 specimens of South African Fossil Reptiles preserved in the British iNIuseum ": 

 Prof. R. Broom- — " The Odyssey of our Bushman boy " : L. Currle- — 

 " Notes on Zoological and Botanical collections from Tristan d'Acunha " : 

 Dr. L. Peringuey and E. P. Phillips- The botanical specimens com- 

 prised 45 phanerogams and 13 pteridophytes ; the zoological collection con- 

 sisted of birds, insects, and lishes. Sixteen of the plants were not mentioned 

 in the " Challenger " reports. — " Absorption of light by the atmosphere " : 

 Dr. A. W. Roberts- The author concludes that 17 per cent, of all rays 

 that strike the atmosphere perpendicularly are absorbed. — " The Age of 

 Stone (Palaeolithic) in the Drakenstein \'alley, and the manner in which the 

 implements were made " : Dr. L. Peringuey- A large collection of huge 

 implements was exhibited. It was found possible to reconstruct the artificial 

 working of those implements from the fractured, water- worn cjuartzite 

 boulder to implements of a finish equal to the best Acheulean. 



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