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Mr and Mrs Bagnall-Oakley entertained the members to a 
sumptuous afternoon tea, and shewed them their fine collection 
of coins found in the neighbourhood, and their beautiful 
_ garden most picturesquely situated. 
CELTS 
Only one has been brought under my notice, which was 
_ shewn to me by Professor Harker. It is a fine beautifully 
_ worked Javelin or Spearhead, and was found in a field near the 
bacon factory at Chesterton, just outside the town of Cirencester 
onrising ground. It measured 23 inches in length. 
EVENING MEETINGS 
Were well attended, and we are indebted to the following 
members for excellent papers on the subjects upon which they 
. treated. 
4 On December Ist the Hon. Secretary gave the first: “A 
_ Microscopie Study of the Carboniferous Rocks,” which was 
illustrated by Lantern Micro-Photos shown by Mr Embrey. 
The second, on January 12th, was by Mr C. Witchell: 
“Bird Song and its Scientific Teaching.” 
On February 23rd, Mr S. S. Buckman’s paper: “The 
Laws of Heredity, and their application in the case of Man.” 
At the concluding meeting of March 22nd, the Rev. Dr 
Smithe gave an “ Account of the Bucklandi Beds of the Lower 
Lias at ee Hill, their position Se to the over- 
eposits,” and which was followed by Mr J. H. Tana, “Notes 
on the Dynamic Geology of Palestine.” 
‘These papers, with the exception of part of Mr Buckman’s 
and a condensed account of Mr Taunton’s, are published in 
the Proceedings, and I think it more courteous to the Authors 
1 io refer you to them than to offer any abstracts of my own. 
In conclusion, I wish to call your attention to a paper in 
tl e proceedings by the late Mr John Jones, which was read at 
the Tewkesbury Meeting, on the 9th May, 1854, being “ Notes 
on certain Superstitions prevalent in the Vale of Gloucester.” 
