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on the chalk, where refreshment was obtained at the Cricketers' 

 Inn. 



The return home was by the road on the south side of the 

 Park. A diversion was made to the footpath which runs from 

 this road into the Selsdon road, opposite the Archbishop's stables, 

 and from it Mr. Flower called attention to a remarkable echo, 

 apparently from the woods in the Park, which he had acci- 

 dentlj' discovered. The evening being still, the echo was well 

 heard. In the beautiful lane between Heathfield and Ballards 

 the Wandle-Ravensbourne water shed was again crossed. At 

 the Ballards Farm two remarkable blocks of sandstone, believed 

 to be Sarsden stone, and lying on the chalk, were examined, 

 by the kind permission of Chas. Goschen, Esq. From here 

 the party returned across the fields to East Croydon station. 



Ordinary Meeting, iSth May, 1881. 

 Philip Crowley, Esq., F.Z.S., President, in the chair. 



The minutes of last meeting were read and confirmed. 



The following gentlemen were balloted for and elected : — 

 Dr. Franklin Parsons, Rev. A. Francis Allen, Robert C. Owst, 

 Peter Hart. 



The President announced that since the last meeting they 

 had received the following donations: — ^Journal of the Royal 

 Microscopical Society ; Annals of the Belgian Microscopical 

 Society ; " Science Gossip " for May ; Report West Kent 

 Natural History, Microscopical, and Photographic Society ; 

 Proces verbal of Belgian Microscopical Society, from the 

 respective Societies. Also, presented by Mr. Sturge, Students 

 Natural History, by Baird ; Natural History of Birds, by 

 Rymer Jones ; Text-book of Zoology, by Nicholson ; The 

 Microscope, by Lane Clarke ; Manual of Geology, by Hamp- 

 ton ; Dictionary of Scientific Terms, by Buchanan. By Mr. 

 Lovett — Notes on British stalk-eyed Crustacea. By Dr. 

 Carpenter — Micrographic Dictionary. 



The President announced that an excursion of the 

 Quekett Club to Merstham would take place on Saturday 

 next, and that any of the members were invited to join them. 



Mr. J. S. Johnson then read his paper " On the Anatomy 

 of the Crayfish," in which he entered very fully into its struc- 

 ture and habits. The paper was illustrated by numerous 

 diagrams and some beautiful dissections, which Mr. Johnson 

 presented to the club. 



Dr. Carpenter, Mr. Turner, Mr. Rowland, and other mem- 

 bers took part in the discussion which followed. 



Mr. E. LovETT described a species of marine stalk-eyed 



