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GENERAL. 



r I iHE past Session has been characterised by some dis- 

 -^ tinctive features in the papers read and subjects sub- 

 mitted to the members of the Bristol Naturalists' Society. 



On Thursday, October 3rd, 1889, Mr. Cedric Bucknall, 

 Mus.Bac, gave a resum^ of the Fungus Eoray of the Wool- 

 hope Club, and brought for inspection a large number of 

 specimens. Professor Leipner, E.Z.S., also read a paper 

 upon " The Dispersion of Fruits and Seeds," illustrating his 

 address with diagrams. 



The next meeting, which was held at the Victoria Rooms, 

 Clifton, on November 7th, was one of peculiar interest, the 

 Society having engaged Mr. Eadweard Muybridge, of the 

 University of Pennsylvania, to deliver an address upon 

 " Animal Locomotion in relation to Art and Design." The 

 lecture, which was illustrated by means of the zoopraxiscope 

 and projections by the oxy-hydrogen light, was largely 

 attended, and the Society is to be congratulated upon a 

 marked success. 



On December 5th, Mr. Phibbs gave a paper on " Phos- 

 phorescence," treating a very interesting subject in an 

 exhaustive manner. 



The next meeting, which was held January 2nd, 1890, 

 was by the decision of the Council devoted to the exhibition, 



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