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converted into a farm-house, that the intended botanizing expedition 

 in the woods had to be abandoned, and the members dispersed after 

 having tea. 



Bye Meeting, 25th June, 1898. 

 ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, REGENT'S PARK. 



The members of the Society were admitted free into the Gardens 

 by favour of the Zoological Society, and a few passes of admission 

 for their friends were provided by the Director, Mr. Arthur 

 Stradling, F.Z.S. A tour of the gardens was then made under his 

 guidance, and a series of short demonstrations of the most 

 interesting animals, with a description of their habits, etc., was 

 given by him, special attention being devoted to such creatures 

 as are on the verge of extinction, and of which the specimens 

 inspected are probably the last which will be seen.* 



207th Ordinahy Meeting, 15th November, 1898, at Watford. 



William Whitaker, B.A., F.R.S., Pres.G.S., Assoc. Inst. C. E., 

 President, in the Chair. 



Mr. J. A. Bell was elected a Member of the Society. 



Mr. A. Faulkner and Mrs. Faulkner, The Gables, St. Peter's 

 Park, St. Albans, and Mr. A. G. Pearse, 17, London Road, 

 St. Albans, were proposed for membership. 



The following paper was read : — 



" The Chadwell Spring and the Hertfordshire Bourne." By 

 John Hopkinson, F.L.S., F.G.S., Assoc. Inst. C.E., Hon. Sec. 

 [Transactions, Vol. X, pp. 69-83.) 



208th Ordinary Meeting, 13te December, 1898, at Watford. 



William Whitaker, B.A., F.E.S., Pres.G.S., Assoc. Inst. C.E., 

 President, in the Chair. 



Mr, and Mrs. Faulkner and Mr. A. G. Pearse were elected 

 Members of the Society. 



Mr. Robert May Christopher James, Longheath, Watford, and 

 Mr. George Francis Smith, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Lond.), High 

 Street, Watford, were proposed for membership. 



* This visit to the Zoological Gardens was the last occasion on which the 

 Society had the advantage of the presence, as Director, of one of its most valued 

 members. Twice President, and frequently favouring the Society with one of 

 his inimitable lectures, which always drew a large audience, Mr. Sti'adling was 

 ever ready, when his health permitted, to preside at the evening meetings or to 

 conduct the members over the Zoological Gardens or the Natural History or 

 other Loudon Museum. He was subiect to frequent attacks of fever, contracted 

 when studying nature in tropical and malarious countries, and shortly after this 

 meeting, to the great regret of his many friends and admirers, his health 

 completely broke down. 



