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provide specimens of the various branches of nataral history, so that the miuennt, 

 when it shall be opened, may be a credit to the scientific men of the county. 



J. Sym nds, Eaq., and the Rev. G. B. Bennett, vicar of St. Peter's, Hereford, 

 were elected members. 



A supplementary note on the bones discovered in making the sections of the 

 Island of L'angorse, by Henry Dumbleton, Esq., was read. It stated that the 

 bones had been submitted to Professors Owen and RoUeston for their opinion on 

 the period cf deposition, both of whom considered the remains to be that of the 

 hog horse, sheep, and Bos longifrons ; but the fact of the domestication of the 

 Bos longifrons having been admitted, rendered very uncertain the age of the 

 deposit at the Island of Llangorse. 



Letters of acknowledgment of the transactions of the Club from the Librarian 

 of the British Museum, Bodleian Library, and Hereford Free Library, were read. 



Dinner was served at 4 o'clock, when Elmes Steele, Esq., of Abergavenny, 

 (president elect), Rev. H. Cooper Key, and Dr. Bull joined the company. After 

 dinner the President read his retiring address, which was a risuvii of the pro- 

 ceedings of the Field Meetings of the past year. An animated discussion followed 

 on some interesting questions respecting the yew tree, to which the President 

 had alluded, in whi^h Mr. F. Edmunds took part, pointing out the abundance of 

 that tree on the Hatterell range of hills, reiterating his opinion that the yew tree 

 was indigenous to Britain, had retained its name Yw, and that the Romans found 

 it here when they arrived in this country. He pointed out also the lesson derived 

 from the presence of the yew on the slopes of Roman camps, as the Herefordshire 

 Beacon, Kenohester, O d Sarum, &o., and his remarks met with the general 

 approval of those present, 



A paper by James Renny, Esq., was then read, which described "Some species 

 of the genus Ascobulus new to Bogland." These microscopic fungi were beauti- 

 fully illustrated by original drawings made by the author, which show him to be 

 no less an artist than he is a keen and correct observer in this interesting branch 

 of Natural History. 



The proceedings of the annual meeting were thus brought to a close. 



