The British Association in South Africa ; lecture by 
Rev. C. W. SHICKLE, M.A., F.S.A., 
January 16, 1906. 
This lecture was delivered in the large room of the Royal 
Literary and Scientific Institution, and was thrown open to all, 
whether members of the Field Club or not. We regret that 
we cannot obtain from Mr. Shickle himself a synopsis of the 
address. He gave a comprehensive account of the tour, and 
described the principal towns visited by the Association. 
Many views were shown of interesting buildings, Government 
and Municipal, important thoroughfares, and historica! locali- 
ties, the party having among other places visited the battle- 
fields about Colenso, and the graphic description of these 
scenes, aided as it was by excellent photographs, proved most 
acceptable to the audience. The views of the Victoria Falls 
were especially fascinating, also the railway bridge over the 
Zambesi, opened by the President of the Association, was 
shown. A lighter touch was given to the lecture by the 
description of a Kaffir wedding, and the attendant festivities. 
For about an hour the lecturer entertained the audience with 
a most valuable and instructive account of what had evidently 
proved to him to be something more than an enjoyable picnic, 
and the narrative of his travels was thoroughly appreciated. 

