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vitality of seeds buried for any length of time in the ground was opposed by 

 several gentlemen. Mr. Lees humourously attributed Mr. Edmunds' absence 

 to a fear of another encounter with him ; in fact, he (Mr. Lees) considered that 

 " he had knocked the wind out of him." (Laughter). 



Mr. Curley exhibited a large horn of some antediluvian animal, found in the 

 excavation of the Newport Docks, 38 feet below the surface which the Rev. 

 W. S. Symonds intends to send to Professor Owen for the purpose of determining 

 the class of animal to which it belonged. 



.^bout 40 gentlemen sat dov\Ti to an excellent dinner, after which several of 

 the members proceeded to visit the fish-bed. where they found fish-scales in 

 abundance. 



