3 i6 NATURAL SCIENCE. May, 1895. 



which the prominent workers of one club may be sent on missions to 



the members of others ; and the Conference of the four existing clubs, 



which is to take place at Galway, and to occupy eight days in the 



present summer, will probably result in the foundation of still further 



associations. The Belfast Naturalists' Field Club, always in the van, 



has recently organised courses of lectures and practical work for its 



members, to provide them with a sound basis for their observations 



in the field ; and this scheme promises to be a most healthy factor in 



the educational system of the north. Already the naturalist in 



Ireland would feel lost without the warm and ready fellowship of the 



field-clubs ; while every year these organisations are adding solidly 



to the natural history of the least known and perhaps the most 



fascinating of our British Isles. 



Grenville A. J. Cole. 



