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On August 17th, the last of our Summer meetings, down to 

 be held at Grosmont, was, owing to the very moderate weather, 

 altered to Danby at the last moment. Six enthusiasts attended ; 

 these, being principally entomologists, worked the moors for 

 caterpillars, and proved fairly successful in spite of the weather. 



One or two of our members attended the Yorkshire Naturalists' 

 Union excursion at Wykeham, near Scarborough, in June, and at 

 Wetherby in July. On the occasion of the Mashani meeting on 

 August Bank Holiday, five of our members spent the week-end 

 there. They had a very profitable time, the district proving to be 

 extremely rich, especially botanically, and they were well provided 

 for in the way of local guides. 



Winter Meetings. —Up to this date five meetings have been 

 held during the Winter months, and one has been postponed 

 owing to the serious illness of the lecturer, Dr. Sorby, F.R.S. 

 On the whole, the attendances have been fairly satisfactory, and 

 the Papers have, I consider, all been well worth listening to. 

 With the exception of the Rev. Maule Cole's lecture, the Papers 

 have been given by our own members. 



The first meeting was he'd on November 9th, when Mr, J. A. 

 Jones, B.Sc, delivered a Paper entitled the "Study of Nature." 

 There was an attendance of about 30. The Paper was a very able 

 and interesting one. Mr. Jones stated clearly the line son which 

 he would recommend those interested in Natural History studies 

 to proceed. He pointed out that it was imperative that students 

 should study things out for themselves, and not depend altogether 

 on others for their information. I consider this Paper would be 

 well worth printing in our Proceedings. 



The second meeting was held on November 'iTth in the 

 Literary and Philosophical Society's Hall, when by arrangement 

 with the Yorkshire Naturalists" Union a lecture was delivered by 

 the Rev. E. Maule Cole, M. A.., F.G.S., on the " Goast Erosion of 

 Yorkshire." Members of the Lit. and Phil, attended the lecture 

 on our invitation. There was a fairly good attendance, and the 

 lecturer gave a most able exposition on the Erosion of the Yorkshire 

 Coast. The slides illustrating the lecture were very clear, and 

 illustrated excellently the geological formation of the different 

 parts of the Yorkshire Coast. 



One of the objects of the lecture was to lay before members 

 of our Society, and all interested in scientific work, the advisability 

 of supporting the work and aims of the Yorkshire Naturalists' 

 Union. It is hoped that our members, who are interested in their 



