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this gland, a common duct leaves this gland and enters the 

 albuminiparous gland near its base, when after receiving the duct 

 of that gland leaves it to form the common generative canal. This 

 canal is composed of the vas deferens and oviduct united together. 

 The vas deferens branches off at the neck of the oviduct, and 

 gradually widens as it enters the penis sac. The seminal receptacle 

 is a pear shaped body connected to the vestibule by a short neck. 



It is to be regretted that the diagrams with which I illustrated 

 this paper cannot be reproduced here, as by their aid the various 

 parts described can be much more easily understood. 



\1fh to \^th of November, 1889. 

 Exhibition. 



(Description from Standard). 

 The immediate occasion of this effort on the part of the 

 Society was the reception of the minerals bequeathed to the town 

 by the late Mr W. Baxter, of Glasgow, which have been placed 

 under its care. The minerals have been arranged in cases in the 

 upper room, under the charge of Mr Davidson, Summerhill. 

 There has been brought together also an interesting loan collection 

 of local antiquities, and of Burns and Stuart relics and autograph 

 letters ; and the room downstairs has been converted into a local 

 portrait gallery, in which the works — chiefly engravings, with an 

 admixture of crayons, pencil sketches, photographs, and silhouettes 

 — number about two hundred. 



A portrait of Mr Baxter, executed in crayon by his relative, 

 Mr J. R. Ferguson, Dumfries, overlooks his mineral collection. 

 The silver gun of the incorporated trades adorns the gable ; and 

 below it is a wooden panel, with a figure of the donor, King James 

 VI. carved upon it, and a Latin inscription, in which the divine 

 rio-ht of kings is asserted, this being the property of Mr Davidson. 

 Mr Wilson, solicitor, Sanquhar, sends a choice collection of stone 

 and bronze celts ; and contributions to the illustration of the same 

 ages are made by Mr James Lennox ; Mr J. H. Rutherford, Ash 

 Bank, Parkgate (who sends a very fine bronze celt found in Tin- 

 wald) ; and Mr J. Corrie, Moniaive (bronze pot). The Burns relics 

 include the miniature of " Clarinda," for which she sat at the 

 poet's request, and which was discovered less than a year ago by 

 Mr Barbour, architect ; various books annotated in Burns's hand- 



