xxxvi Proceedings. [April i^th, igo2. 



Mr. J. E. King, M.A., read the second and concluding part 

 of his paper on the "Folk-lore of the North American 

 Indians, from the 'Jesuit Relations' (1611 to 1637)." 



In the discussion which followed the reading of the paper, 

 Miss Winifred Faraday drew attention to certain 

 parallels in Old Norse beliefs. She pointed out that in 

 Iceland also, as was proved by a passage in Hardar Saga,. 

 infanticide was permitted in the case of a new-born and 

 nameless child, but was treated as murder if the child had 

 received a name. The simultaneous existence of inconsistent 

 beliefs as to the state of the dead was exemplified in the 

 Helgi poems in-tlie Edda. 



Microscopical and Natural History Section.'] 



Annual Meeting, April 14th, 1902. 



Charles Bailey, M.Sc, F.L.S., President of the Section, 

 in the Chair. 



The Council presented the following report of the Section 

 for the Session 1 901-1902 : — 



" Your Council, in presenting a report for the past Session, 

 has again to record a reduction in both the membership and the 

 associateship of the Section, the present list consisting of but 

 14 members and 8 associates, as against 17 and xi respectively,, 

 at the close of the preceding session. 



" The cash in the bank at the credit of the Section 

 amounted, in April, 1901, to ^24. 5s. 5d , and this is reduced 

 to ;£io. i8s. od. at the date of this report. 



" Some years ago, when the membership was larger, an 

 arrangement was entered into with the parent Society, under 

 which, and in view of the large number of its associates, the 



