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were passed, and officers 'elected for the ensuing year. This 

 Eeport has already been printed and distributed. 



The next evening Meeting of the Society was held on October 

 2nd, 1873. Mr. S. H. Swayne, M.R.C.S., gave a Lecture on 

 " Eecent additions to the Zoological Department of the Museum." 

 This was followed by a paper by Mr. S. Smith, M.E.C.S.E., 

 *• On the occurrence of Pilaria Gracilis in the Great Omentum of 

 a Spider Monkey." These appear above. 



The next Meeting was held on Thursday evening, Kovember 

 6th, 1873. Mr. E. C. Eeed (of the IS'ational Museum, Santiago, 

 Chili) read a paper on "The Physical Geography and Botany of 

 Chili." This has appeared above. In the discussion afterwards. 

 Dr. T. Inman made some remarks on the causes of fever in warm 

 climates. Whether there was such a thing as malaria he seemed 

 to doubt, and referred all such fevers to the subject having taken 

 a chill. Some remarkable facts of sleeping with impunity in 

 most malarious places were cited, the precaution having been 

 taken to be well covered. 



Mr. Stoddart then communicated a list, with localities, of 

 Desmidieae found in the neighbourhood of Bristol. This is 

 printed in full. The Hon. Secretary made some remarks on the 

 best way of mounting these organisms : instead of preservative 

 fluids he advised simply to let them dry on the slide under a thin 

 cover and keep them so. For examination, on taking them from 

 the cabinet simply moisten with water. He held, that treated in 

 this way they reassumed their natural colour and form. 



The last evening Meeting of the year was held Thursday, 

 December 4th. Mr. W. W. Stoddart, F.G.S., read a paper on 

 the "Physical characters of the Bristol Coal-field " This is the 

 first of a series of papers by him on the Geology of the Bristol 

 district. After the reading of the paper, the President, Mr. W. 

 Sanders, F.C.S., made some remarks on the Trap rocks of the 

 neighbourhood. He did not hold that the Trap of Charfield 

 Green was altered Llandovery Sandstone. He then noticed the 

 occurrence of an interbedded Trap which was seen in making 



