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course followed by tlio Norsemen was narrated, from their 

 colonies in Greenland across Davis Strait, to the North-east 

 coast of Labrador, southward throiip:!! Belle Isle .Strait to the 

 valley of the St, Lawrence, and tlio tract of country on its right 

 bank, where vines were found }j;rowiiig, unsown corn, and a tree 

 called ' Masur,' these being regaided as Vilis Lahrusca L., Zizania 

 (tqnatica L., and an Acer. The reasons why these voyages were 

 not continued were explained as due to the weak colonies at that 

 time in Greenland, the actual starting-point, and the opposition 

 of the natives, termed ' Skra^Uiiigs,' who prevented any attempts 

 at settlements in ' Vinland' — the Wineland of the sagas of Erik 

 the Ked, and of Thorfiim Karlsefni, — the northern part of New 

 Brunswick. 



Mr. C. C. Lacaita and Sir Henry Iloworth, F.E.S. (visitor) 

 spoke, the latter commenting upon the interest of tlie communi- 

 cation, the extraordinary hardihood and endurance of the Norse- 

 men in their hazardous and long voyages, also the differences 

 between the war-ships and fishing-vessels of the time. 



January 20th, 1921, 



Dr. A. Smith Woouwaed, F.K.S., President, 

 in the Chair. 



Tne Minutes of the General Meeting of the 9th December, 1920, 

 were read and confirmed. 



The report of the Donations received since the last Meeting was 

 laid before the Fellows, and the thanks of the Society to the 

 several Donors were ordered. 



New Certificates, in favour of the following, were read : — Prof. 

 Rajkumar Sen, M.Sc, and Prof. Sadao Yoshida, D.Sc. 



The Certificates in favour of the following were read for a 

 second time: — Sydney Cross Harland, D.Sc. (Lond.), Charles 

 Coltman-llogers, Samuel Gordon Smith, F.E.S., Henry Ball, 

 Capt. Bertram Hanmer Bunbury Svmons-Jeune, Arthur Mavfield, 

 Mrs. Bella Dytes Macintosh MacCallum, M.A., D.Sc, William 

 John Phillipps, Herbert Sutcliffe, A.E.C.S., Edward Jocelyn 

 Wortley, M.B.E., F.C.S., AVilliara Small, M.B.E., M.A., B.Sc, 

 William Frederick Bumsted, F.R.M.S., and Reginald Ernest 

 Massey. 



The President announced that the next Ballot for Fellows 

 would take place on the 3rd March. The following four Candi- 

 dates are placed according to seniority, four vacancies having to 

 be supplied : — Keppel Harcourt Barnard, M. A.- (Can tab.), The 



