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County Hall, Lewes, to which the Members of the Society were 
invited. It was thought, though the notice was short, that some of the 
Members would be able to avail themselves of the invitation, and take 
their microscopes with them. 
The President, Mr. J. E. HASELWooD, hoped, as this was the 
first Microscopical Meeting at which he had the honour to preside, the 
suggestion he was about to make would be favourably received, viz., 
that an evening should be occasionally set apart for practical instruc- 
tion on some point in connection either with the mounting of objects 
or the manipulation of the micrescope. He knew such evenings had 
been arranged in the past, when very valuable hints were given by 
some of the Members who had paid more attention than others to the 
microscope. One such evening he well recollected, when Mr. Hennah 
dissected out falates before them,—a practical lesson some of them 
were able afterwards to put in practice for themselves. He thought 
similar instruction would be not only appreciated but be very 
valuable to many whom he might call from their less practice, the 
younger microscopists. 
Mr. WONFOR was sure, if it were indicated in what Way some of 
them could help their fellow-workers, they would with pleasure render 
them assistance, as they had done on former occasions. One of the 
objects of setting apart one evening in each month for the microscope 
was to bring those Members who worked with it closer together, so 
that they might compare notes and give each other help. 
Mr. F. E. SAWYER enquired whether any Member could give 
them instruction in cutting rock sections ? 
Mr. WoNFOR feared none of their Members could help in cutting 
sections of the hard rocks, which required a lapidary’s wheel ; but as 
regarded the softer rocks, a plan he had illustrated some time since of 
rubbing down sections on sand paper of different degrees of fineness 
worked well. He thought some of the Members present had tried it 
with success and had obtained good sections, as well as of coal, a 
method of making sections of which he had also illustrated. 
Mr. SEWELL thought Members would learn a great deal, if, after 
_ taking a practical lesson, they showed the results of their own work, 
their failures as well as successes, because they might then have pointed 
out wherein they had failed. 
