PRELIMINARY MEETING, 



November IGth, 1865. 



At the First Meeting of the Society, held at the House of the Rev. 

 F. VV. Farrar, tlie rules by which it was to be directed were pro- 

 posed by various members, and were carried unanimously. 



After a short discussion, the name of the " Harrow School 

 Scientific Society" was adopted, instead of the name of " The 

 Harrow School Natural History Society," which had been originally 

 proposed. The object of this change was to establish the Society 

 on the broadest possible basis, and to enlist in its favour the ce- 

 operation of a wider class of interests. 



The Rev. F. W. Farrar was then elected President, T. G. 

 Rooper, Honorary Secretary, and C. B. Heberden, Honorary 

 Treasurer. 



The following objects were exhibited: — 



Two Coprolltes of the Icthyosaurus Platyodon, full of scales of the Dape- 



dius, found at Lyme Regis. 

 A white variety of the Ajuga Reptans. . By the Rev. F. W. Fakeae. 

 A Piece of Fossil Wood, bored in many places by the Teredo. 



By p. Smith. 



When the business had been concluded, the Rev. B. F. West- 

 cott made a few remarks on the objects which the Society might 

 hope to accomplish, and the following introductory paper was then 

 read by the President. 



