IS P f/f' of fhc Lumfricnnhire and Galloway 



Mr Lennon exhibited a curious Jewel Case made of 

 African Mahogany, and said to be nearly 300 years old ; Mr 

 Adarason — a small Stone Celt found in James Street when 

 making excavations for new buildings ; Mr Jackson — 2 large 

 Hungarian Silver Coins of the IGth century ; Mr J. G. 

 Anderson — the first volume of the Dumfries Weekly Maga- 

 zine of date 1773, of interest as being the first newspaper 

 published in Dumfries. 



Dr Grierson delivered a long and interesting lecture on 

 " What and How to send from Distant Lands," in which he 

 explained the different modes of collecting, j^reserving, jDack- 

 in<i-, and forwarding specimens of Natural History, and in 

 concluding he urged all who might have it in theii- power to 

 send such to the Thornhill or other local museums, in pre- 

 ference to sending them to any of the large National 

 Museums, where they already had enough, and, moreover, 

 could buy what they needed. The lecture was illustrated 

 by a number of specimens from various parts of the world, of 

 which one of the edible nests of a species of Swallow from 

 Sumatra, a Humming Bird and nest from Demerara, and a 

 Wasp's nest — PoUstes morlo of Reaumur — also from Deme- 

 rara were the most remarkable. 



April 5th, 1878,. 



The Seventh and last Ordinary Meeting of the Session 

 was held in the Town Hall — Dr Gilchrist in the chair. 



Messrs Low, chemist ; Thomson, ironmonger ; Sir W. 

 Broun Bart. , and Mr Culton, Dildawn, were elected Ordi- 

 nary Members. Mr M'Fadzean, Co. Galway, was transferred 

 to the list of Corresponding Members. 



Mr Moodie exhibited an Egg of the Common Fowl, to 

 which a corruo-ated coil of calcareous matter w-as attached at 

 the small end ; also a number of pieces of Bottle Glass which 

 had been completely rounded and smoothed by the action of 

 the gizzard of a common fowl. Mr G. Armstrong, Cor berry 

 Terrace, showed a Silver Boddle of Charles I, found in the 

 Corberrv Nursery, 



