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Esq. The descent was made on the steep side of the hill, through the brake, 

 the nut-bushes, and the trees which clothe its sides, to Mr. Raike's boat-house. 

 A long row down the Lake to its island, the Ynys Bwlc, was then made, under 

 a sun of about 130°. This was an especial object of interest in the day's excur- 

 sion. A very interesting paper "On the Island in Llangorse Lake and IT3 

 PROBABLE artificial ORIGIN," by Henry Dumbleton, Esq., was then read, and 

 Mr. Dumbleton pointed out the ends of the stockade of piles which are still 

 to be plainly seen and exhibited other articles of interest which had been 

 found there. Indeed on examining the island closely its artificial origin 

 seemed beyond dispute. The paper and discussion which arose upon it will be 

 given at length. 



Another paper " On Platypus Ctlindrus " a Xylophagous beetle, by 

 Dr. T. Algernon Chapman, was then read, and the boats were again taken 

 for Mr. Pritchard's house, on Llangorse Common, where a tea dinner had 

 been provided. 



Several objects of interest were exhibited here ; a very fine horn of the 

 red deer, which had been brought up by a fisherman's net from the bed of the 

 lake about thirty years ago. It belongs to Mr. Perrot, of Llangorse, who 

 kindly sent it for exhibition,— with a cannon ball some 18 or 20 lbs. weight, 

 which also came from the lake bottom. 



TV". H. West, Esq., brought some very fine stone implements— celts 

 -found by Archdeacon Davies, at Covt-y-gollen, which created much interest 

 from the perfection of their shapes. Only one was of flint, the others were 

 made from a hard limestone. 



A leisurely walk was now taken for Tal-y-Llyn Station to meet the train, 

 and thus ended an agreeable meeting in which all the arrangements were 

 pleasantly and successfully carried out. 



The following gentlemen attended the meeting :-The Rev. W. C. Fowle, 

 M A., President for the day ; the Rev. Arthur Gray, and James Rankin, Esq., 

 MA, Vice-presidents ; John Edward Lee, Esq., F.G.S., Caerleon ; Henry Dum- 

 bleton, Esq.. Hall Grove, Bagshot ; Dr. M'Cullough ; Arthur Armitage, Esq. ; 

 the Rev. Thomas Phillips, and Mr. Jacob Phillips ; Dr. Bull ; the Rev. C. J. 

 Robinson; John Lloyd, Esq. ; the Rev. C. Griffith, Glyncelyn ; Thomas Cam, 

 Esq. ; the Rev. C. Hornby; W. H. West, Esq., Gliffaes ; the Rev. W. Jones 

 Thomas; T. Curley, Esq., F.G.S. ; the Rev. J. E. Bruxner, Leicestershire ; 

 Col. Bridgewater, Coitymawr ; the Rev. E. J. Owen and E. C. Bond, Esq. ; 

 James Phillipps, Esq. ; J. Mortimer Bowen, Esq. ; the Rev. J. H. Jukes; the 

 Rev. T. M. Beavan; E. J. Smith, Esq., Hay ; James Davies, Esq. ; F. George, 

 Esq., M.D. ; the Rev. T. T. Smith ; Robert Cowtan, Esq., London ; J. E. 

 Thomas, Esq., F.G.S., Hay ; Alfred A. Langley, Esq., Hereford ; W. A. Swin- 

 burne, Esq., Cusop ;C. G. Meredith, Esq., Exeter ; E. B. Marsden, Esq., Cardiff; 

 the Rev. G. H. Clay, Kington ; Mr. Harman ; Mr. J. E. Morley ; Mr. James W. 

 Lloyd ; Masters Ernest, Alexis, and Henry Bull ; and Mr. Arthur Thompson. 

 The following papers were read :— 



