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Uganda; and the people themselves were very anxious to be 

 under European protection. Another thing which made one 

 very unhappy was that there seemed to be some arrangement by' 

 which the Belgians were to get territory to the north. They had 

 done nothing to deserve it, and there was no reason why we 

 should give to the Congo Free State or the Belgians a portion of 

 our future line of connnunication. The lecturer also deprecated 

 the continuance of Arab influence in the government of that 

 region by managing it through the Sultan of Zanzibar. Coming 

 down to the south of Lake Nyassa, Mr Scott-Elliot said he would 

 recommend the countiy along the Stevenson Road, along with 

 the one mentioned on the Victoria Nyanza, as well adapted for 

 European settlement. It was healthy, and one could buy at 

 present as many acres as you pleased for a pocket handkerchief. 



A series of photographs of natives and views of scenery were 

 then thrown upon the screen ; and a number of weapons and 

 articles of native manufacture were on view. 



Mr Maxwell, M.P., proposed a hearty vote of thanks to Mr 

 Scott-Elliot for his lecture. 



IQth May, 1895. 

 The Rev. William Andson, Vice-President, in the Chair. 

 New Members.— Messrs J. J. Cowan, Eliock, Sanquhar; John 

 Davidson, Crichton Institution ; Robert Gordon, London ; 

 Matthew Jamieson, Craigelvin ; Walter H. Scott, Nunfield. 



Donations.— Report of the Berwickshire Field Club, 1893 • 

 Stirling Natural History and Archfeological Society's Report' 

 1894. ^ ' 



Exhibits.— Mr George Neilson exhibited a document belonging 

 to the borough of Annan, dated 1612, being a renewal by Jamel 

 VI. of the Charter granted by his grandfather, James V. This 

 document, Mr Neilson assumes, may have been used in a process 

 and been misplaced, so that it got into other hands than those of 

 the rightful owners. 



Communications. 

 1. Notes written in the Forest of Ruwenzori, Uganda. 

 By George F. Scott-Elliot, M.A., F.R.G.S. 

 What are the chief characteristics of a humid forest such as one 



