28 Report, 8fc. 



[Since this paper was read Dr. Wilder has published an account 

 of a species of silk spider, found by him on Folly Island in 

 Charleston Harbour. From one of them he wound 150 yards of 

 silk in an hour and a half, and the next year, according to the 

 Boston Journal, nearly two miles of silk were obtained from the 

 bodies of thirty spiders. A single thread is strong enough to support 

 a weight of about one hundred grains. It is believed that this 

 discovery will lead to important results. — F. W. F.] 



March ISth, 1866. 



The Eighth Meeting of the Society was held at the house of the 

 Rev. B. F. Westcott. 



The exhibitions were as follows : — 



Fossil Fish from Mount Lebanon. 



Egyptian Gods, and other Antiquities . . Lent bt V. Schustek. 



Specimens of Onyx, Amber, etc. . . Lent by C. L. Wallroth. 



The President then exhibited some Rupert's Drops, or Tears of 

 Glass, of the peculiarities of which he gave a general explanation. 



T. Maltby, Esq., then exhibited and explained a valuable and 

 important collection of coins. 



R. B. Hayward, Esq., gave a very interesting explanation of 

 the properties of the Dynamic Top. 



Jpril 26th, 1866. 



The Ninth Meeting of the Society was held at the Rev. F. W. 

 Farrar's house. 



