Proceedinffs. *^" 



through the fields and bye-paths by Milton Mill and the lower 

 part of Westcott. 



been of very general interest ^^ ^^^ 



^^:^olT^'iol±fT\^^ which /as already 

 appeared in extenso in our ' Transactions (T^^"^' ' ^^^ -^S- P- ^^^^^^^ 



Vo canic Vitreous Dust." This exceedingly minute dust was 



f; L c^ns dfred fo be 'and^in aU probability is. from the grea 

 WcLreni^tionin Java about, a little P-f *« *^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^ 

 consists of such extremely comminuted particles ^^at it is capable 

 of floating in the atmosphere for some considerable time and as 

 it wouS'also be carried' by wind currents ^r great disanc, it 

 in all probabiUty caused those strange afterglows, which were so 

 characStic of the period following the eruption a* s-ndjwn 



miles off to the great astonishment of the sailors. It would be 

 mteresU^gtrLowwhe this vitreous dust was m any way 



inSusto the crew of the 'Arabella,' as minute particles of 

 glass inhaled cause bleeding at the luiigs 



March 12«A— Mr. Walter Crouch, F.Z.S., &c., ot tue J^ssex 

 Field Cub Ld a paper "On the Physica Conditions of he 

 ^r« ■' rTrans Art 79) in which he referred to various marme 

 SuoSena-ocean cm-rents, tides, colour, depth temperature 

 &c Tthe sea, alluding to any local ties remarkable for any 

 distinctive featm-es. The great ocean ^^Pt^- ^f ^^fJ^^^^lS 

 flppn soundings were next treated, and such forms ot lite as exist 

 Ss^ucTposSnldescribed; the expeditions of the ' L.g itmng 

 ^PorcuJne ' and 'Challenger,' being quoted in support of the 

 subTct The paper, which irom the nature of the subject wa 

 rathefa lengthy one was well illustrated by charts and maps tor 

 showLg heSwn currents, trade routes, &c and by Jagi-ams 

 of dTep sea life, and statistics of various kinds connected with 



'^l^.-K short paper was read by Dr. G. J. Hmde. 



