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It had been hitherto customary for the delegates to dine 
together on some early day during the meeting, but on this 
occasion a very pleasing departure was made from. this custom. 
The members of the Cardiff Naturalists Society invited the 
delegates to supper on Friday, August 21st, after Professor Miall’s 
evening lecture. ‘The invitation was readily responded to, and 
some forty or fifty delegates and members of the Cardiff Society 
spent a very social and pleasant evening together under the 
Presidentcy of Dr. Vachel. Specimens of Welsh music were 
given on the Welsh harp by Mr. William Morgan (“ Alaw Ddu,”) 
a winner of the prize at the Eisteddfod, jnst held at Swansea, and 
some songs from local female vocalists. The President alluded in 
a graceful speech to the unique occasion in the history of the 
town of this assembly of representative naturalists from so many 
societies, and gave them a cordial welcome to Cardiff, and exhorted 
them to keep alive in their various localities the study and 
pursuit of Natural History. Mr. Thomas gave an example of the 
native language in a sonorous Welsh speech, which he translated 
afterwards for the advantage of the Saxon guests, and Mr. Symons 
returned thanks on behalf of the delegates for this graceful 
welcome. 
Many valuable additions have been made to the Library from 
those Societies with whom we exchange publications; and 
several of the missing back numbers have been most generously 
given to us by the Cotteswold and Cardiff Naturalists’ Clubs and 
by the Royal. Institution of Cornwall. A complete set of our 
Proceedings, so far as they exist in print, has been given 
to the Archeological Institute for several back numbers 
of their journal to make the sets in the Institution Library 
complete—the authorities of the Institution agreeing to permit 
the members of our club (in consideration of this gift) to have 
access to, and the use of, the journal of the Archeological Institute 
in the Conversation Room. The Library of the Club, hitherto 
upstairs, by a new arrargement has now been placed on shelves 
