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back of his head till the piteous screams brought the mother 

 to the rescue. Such conduct could not be tolerated, and 

 " Jacky," as already said, was condemned to suffer capital 

 punishment. Hearing of the circumstance, I interceded in 

 his behalf, with the result that his sentence was commuted 

 to a couple of months' imprisonment in a cage. Whether his 

 confinement had a beneficial result, or that, as he grows older, 

 he is becoming endowed with more sense, I am unable to 

 state, but he has now given up attacking children unless they 

 molest him. 



At this meeting Mr J. W. Tait gave a demonstration on 

 "The Development of the Embryo in a Flowering Plant," 

 aided by diagrams and the blackboard, and was awarded a 

 cordial vote of thanks for his succinct and lucid treatment of 

 the subject. 



ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING. 



The Annual Business Meeting of the Society was held in the 

 Hall, 20 George Street, on the evening of "Wednesday, 29th 

 October 1890, — Dr William Watson, President, in the Chair. 

 The Secretary reported that 1 7 general meetings of the Society 

 had been held during the past Session — of which 6 had been 

 indoor and 11 field meetings. The following are the dates 

 and localities of these meetings — viz. : 



Indoor Meetings: 1889 — 27th ISTovember, 26th Decem- 

 ber; 1890 — 2 2d January, 26th February, 26th March, 23d 

 April. Field Meetings: 1890 — 26th April, Craigmillar 

 Castle; 3d May, Polton and Ptoslin; 24th May, Colinton ; 

 31st May, Melrose ; 7th June, Lochleven ; 14th June, West 

 Linton; 21st June, Inverkeithing and Ferry Hills; 28th 

 June, Lochleven (second excursion) ; oth July, Caribber Glen ; 

 12th July, Gosford and Aberlady ; 19th July, Balerno. 



The Treasurer reported that, including a balance from last 

 account and several contributions to the Publication Fund, 

 the income had been £60, 6s. 8|d., and the expenditure 



