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" The American Naturalist " ... ... in exchange. 



*' The American Monthly Microscopican 

 Journal" ... ... ... ) 



" The Midland Naturalist " ... ... „ . 



" The American Journal of Microscopy "... „ 



"The Analyst" ... ... ... from the Publisher. 



** Paper on the Valves of the Diatomacece " „ Mr. Julien Deby. 

 " Lubbock's Monograph of 2'/iysanitr<» " ... „ the President. 

 '■ Paper on Trichinosis " ... ... ,, ,, 



*' Annals of Natural History '' ... ... Purchased. 



A collection of 20 slides of Fleas... ... from the Dinner Com- 



mittee. 

 Mounted Specimen of Gigantic Flea, sp. ?... Mr. J. G. Tatem. 

 The thanks of the Clnb were voted to the donors. 



Mr. Ingpen read a letter from the Secretary of the Ealing Microscopical 

 Society thanking the members of the Club who assisted the Society on the 

 occasion of their recent Soiree. 



Dr. M. C. Cooke communicated a list showing the results of his excursions 

 to Hampstead Heath, Mill Hill and Snaresbrook, and exhibited a large 

 number of drawings of objects of interest which he had found. Some of 

 these he presented to the Club. 



The thanks of the meeting were voted to Dr. Cooke for his communica- 

 tion and donation. 



Dr. Matthews said he was very glad to get such a good list as Dr. Cooke 

 had presented them with, for it would be remembered that some few 

 months ago he had taken occasion to publicly lament that so few of the 

 results of their excursions should be allowed to appear. 



Mr. Hardy thought that it might be a good suggestion that those who 

 attended the excursions should follow Dr. Cooke's plan and make drawings of 

 what they found as well as give in their individual reports. 



Dr. Cooke said that paper uniform in size with that upon which he had 

 made his drawings had been long ago provided, and might be had from the 

 Secretary by any members who would make this use of it. 



Mr. J. W. Reed asked if Dr. Cooke would allow these drawings to be made 

 use of as references on future occasions ? 



Dr. Cooke said that the Algoa would be published at some future 

 time, and he should require them, but the others were quite at the service 

 of the Club. 



Mr. Ingpen thought it only right to say that several attempts had been 

 made from time to time to g^t the results of the excursions properly com- 

 piled, and that they had been more or less freely responded to by the mem- 

 bers, but they had seldom obtained anything beyond mere lists of the most 

 ordinary species. Anything new was made the subject of a special com- 

 munication, probably to some other Society than their own. 



Mr. T. C. White said he could corroborate what Mr. Ingpen had said as 

 to the manner in which they had endeavom-ed to carry out this suggestion, 

 and the results they had met with. In many cases they obtained lists of 



