March loth, 1^14..'] PROCEEDINGS. xxi 



Ordinary Meeting, March loth, 191 4. 



The President, Mr. Francis Nicholson, F.Z.S., 

 in the Chair. 



A vote of thanks was accorded the donors of the books 

 upon the table. These included : " The Internatioual Kite 

 and Balloon Ascents,^' by Ernest Gold (Geophysical Memoirs, 

 No. 5) (4to., London, 191 3), " The Free Atmosphere in the 

 Regions of the British Isles,'' by W. H. Dines (Geophysical 

 Memoirs, No. 6) (4to., London, 1914), :ir\d. ^^ A comparison... 

 Electrical Conditions .. .Atmosphere at Kezv and Eskdalenndr" bj- 

 Gordon Dobson (Geophysical Memoirs, No. 7) (4to., London, 

 1914), presented by the Meteorological Office, London; and 

 " The Anhysteretic Magnetic Properties of Irofi and Nickel, 

 Fart I." by J. R. Ashworth (8vo., [London], 1914), presented 

 by the author. 



Mr. C. E. Stromeyer, M.Inst.C.E., drew attention to the 

 following anagiam, composed by Jablonsky, Rector of the 

 school of Lissa, on the occasion of the return of Stanislaus, 

 subsequently King of Poland, from his travels. His family's 

 name was Lescinski. 



D o i\i u s L E s CI N I A Housc of Lescinski, 



A D E s I N c o L u M 1 s Uninjured art thou here, 



o M N I s E s L u c I D A Entirely radiant art thou 



•LUCiDA SIS OMEN Bright must thou be. 



MANE siDUS LOCI Remain as an omen. Star of the land. 



SIS c o L u M N A DEI A pillar of God. 



I! SCANDE SOLIUM Go! ascend the throne. 



Also, he pointed out that the first two lines of a poem by 

 J. a'Lasco read the same both backwards and forwards : 



Aspice ! nam raro mittit timor arma, nee ipsa, 

 Si se mente reget, non tegeret Nemesis. 



