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Dr. Carpenter proposed a vote of thanks to the President for 
his original communication. He said it was something to have 
such a communication submitted to them, and the observations 
: which Mr. Lee had made about things never before observed by 
the eye of man were particularly interesting. He had no doubt 
} that there were many points with reference to Natural History 
which would be solved in the Brighton Aquarium. He hoped if 
their President remained with them, that he would give them, on a 
future occasion, some observations of a similar character. 
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 . The vote of thanks was passed by acclamation, and the Presi- 
dent having briefly acknowledged the compliment, the proceedings 
of a most agreeable evening were brought to a close. 
The following gentlemen put their microscopes at the’service of 
Mr. Johnson to assist him to illustrate the subject of his{paper :— 
Messrs. P. Crowley, C. W. Hovenden, G. F. Linney, H. Long, K. 
McKean, G. Manners, HE. Sturge, A. D. Taylor, and Dr. Strong. 
There was also exhibited by Mr. Henry Ashby, a preparation sold 
or cocoa, but the microscope revealed it to be composed principally 
of arrowroot coloured with red ochre. The President exhibited an 
egg of the dog fish, in illustration of his own paper. 
arch 2nd, 1873.—Paper on ‘‘ Enrozoa” by Mr. Henry AsHpy. 
The minutes were read by Mr. H. Long, the secretary, and 
confirmed. 
Mr. Henry Asupy said—Mr. President and Gentlemen : Con- 
scious of the many valuable papers read before this society since 
its commencement by distinguished gentlemen from beyond our 
-own limits, and also those emanating from our own more promi- 
nent members, I have hesitated before occupying an evening of 
the session now fast drawing to a close. But holding, as I do, 
- that if this Society is to be as successful in the future as in the 
past, while ever welcoming assistance from the outside, it must 
look for support for the most part to the exertions of its own 
members. As one of the rank and file of this Society, I have 
ventured to occupy your time this evening in considering one of 
the most interesting classes of the animal kingdom, inasmuch as 
man, in common with his poorer relatives, plays towards them the 
part of unwilling host. For not only are we food for worms 
when this world has done with us, but in our lifetime, as we go 
about our daily work, we are liable to breed and nourish within us 
a host of entozoa as our guests—a lot we share with the humblest 
member of the animal kingdom. For parasitism is a law of nature 
