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may be found rmming about like land animals m the rocks exposed 

 by the falling tide, and this habit of leaving the sea becomes more 

 and more developed until we find land crabs wliich live miles away 

 from the sea in crevices among the mountains. But such crabs are 

 no less sea crabs than the swimming crabs first mentioned, they are 

 all produced from eggs deposited in the sea, they pass through the 

 zoea form in the water, and they undergo changes as marked as do 

 the caterpillar, chrysalis, and butterfly. Even on land they do not 

 cease to breathe by gUls, for they have a means of keeping them 

 moist so that they perform the functions of lungs. 



Mr. Weir concluded his lecture by remarking that, of all our 

 living men of Science, none have laboured longer, and to more 

 splendid purpose, than Mr. Darwin. 



TUESDAY, J^IAECH 1st. 



A lecture was delivered by John Edward Price, Esq., E.S.A., 

 M.K.S.L., a Member of the Association, on the Discoveries of 

 Eoman Kemains made by him and F. G. Hilton Price, Esq., E.G.S., 

 at Morton Farm, near Brading, in the Isle of Wight. 



The liistory of these Discoveries was stated as follows : — In 

 the early part of 1880, Captain Thorp, of Yarbridge, found in a 

 field, the property of !Mrs. Munns, some Roman Eemaias, including 

 a very remarkable tesselated pavement. " On the western side are 

 two gladiators, the Secutor or one ■«dth a trident, and the Retiarius 

 enveloping the other with a net, in combat. On the north side is 

 a fox under a tree. A building with a cupola completes this. On 

 the south side, in front of a pair of steps, is a man with the head 

 and eye of a cock, on his right hand are two griffins, called by 

 some 'winged panthers.' In the centre is the head of Bacchus or of 

 a Bacchante, and occupying two of the angles are like figures, 

 holding in their hands a staff with a cross upon the top." The 

 Lecturer ha-ving visited the scene of this discovery and closely 

 examined the remains, formed a strong opinion that further remains 

 of great importance would be discovered in the adjoining field, and 



