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by Mr. Charles Ekin's communication on " Chemical Geology," in 

 which the author traced the changes that have taken place in oui* 

 globe from the time when it existed in space in a gaseous state to 

 its condition at the present day. As Mr. Ekin's paper is printed in 

 full in the present Number of the Club's Proceedings further details 

 are unnecessary. 



The thanks of the members were returned, through the President, 

 to Mr. Ekin for his philosophical and instructive lecture, and a 

 discussion ensued, in which Mr. Moore (who disagreed with Mr. 

 Ekin's view of the source of the Bath waters being due to chemical 

 and not volcanic action) and Mr. Gilbert G. Scott took part. 



On Wednesday evening, March 10th, the Rev. H. N. EUacombe, 

 of Bitton, and Mr. Charles Moore, read papers before the members 

 of the Club on the two subjects with which they were especially 

 conversant. The latter gave the result of his researches in the 

 Drift Deposits of the Bath Basin ; the former the result of his 

 inquiries as to the meaning of the common English names of 

 plants. 



The President, the Rev. L. Jenyns, returned the thanks of those 

 present to Mr. EUacombe (so well-known for his botanical researches 

 and successful cultivation of rare species), for the instructive 

 paper which conveyed so much curious information, whilst he took 

 occasion himself to contribute to the instruction of the evening 

 from his own stores of botanical knowledge. 



The paper next read was on " the Drift Deposits in the Bath 

 Basin," by Mr. Moore, who, before speaking of the Mammalian and 

 other remains therein, alluded to the changes which had occurred 

 dui-ing recent geological times, in what might be called oiu- ever- 

 lasting hills. 



Thanks were returned to Mr. Moore, but time did not admit of 

 a discussion of the contents of his paper, for which vide p. 37. 



The last evening meeting of the season took place on Wednesday, 

 April 7th, when, according to custom, several short communications 

 were made by members on Natural History and Archfeology — the 

 President, the Rev. L. Jenyns, commencing with the exhibition of 

 dried specimens of four species of plants obtained in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Bath, two of which, Dianthus deltoides and Crepk 



