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but by the learned and godly Ali Shadeli ibn Omar. In 

 the days of Mohamed Dhabhani, Kat, which previous to that 

 time was used, had disappeared from Aden, " Then it was 

 that the Sheik advised those who had become his disciples 

 to try the drink made from the Boonn (coffee-berry), which 

 was found to produce the same effect as the Kdt, including 

 sleeplessness, and that it was attended with less expense and 

 trouble. The use of coffee has been kept up from that time 

 to the present." 



As the custom of driaking coffee originated in Abyssinia, 

 it appears more probable that it was introduced into Arabia 

 from this country, and not from Persia. 



My friend, Professor Theodores, has informed me that the 

 beverage made from the Boonn is called Kahlua. This word 

 is derived from Ikha, dislike or distaste, i.e. for eating and 

 sleeping. 



Ordinary Meeting, February 19th, 1S84. 



H. E. EoscoE, PI1.D., LL.D., F.RS., &c.. President, 

 in the Chair. 



Mr. J. Cosmo Melvill, F.L.S., and Mr. J. A. Bennion, 

 F.R.A.S., were appointed Auditors of the Treasurer's 

 Accounts. 



"Notice of the Geology of the Haddon District, eight 

 miles south west of Ballaarat, Victoria," by F. M. Krause, 

 Professor of Geology in the School of Mines, Ballaarat. 

 Communicated by the President. 



The specimens of fossil fruit and wood, etc., from Haddon, 

 intended for transmission to Professor Roscoe, will be found 

 described in Baron von Mueller's Memoirs of the Geological 



