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Hall-a-Bay on the Sea Shore. 
BY 
Mr. E. T. CONNOLD, F.E.S. 
(Illustrated by Lantern Slides.) 
HIS lecture comprised a description of the habitat, habits, and 
appearance of many objects and creatures met with on the 
beach, rocks and sands. 
1. On the Beach.—Attention was given to the flints and 
pebbles, and broken shells ; then the fleas, flies, spiders, and 
beetles. An oyster shell was shown much perforated by the 
bering sponge. Boring molluscs were then discussed ; the egg 
capsules of the whelk were shown. 
2. On the Rocks. —Sea weeds were next considered and 
many excellent slides were shown to illustrate their structure. 
_ Anemones, barnacles, starfish, and sponges were also referred to. 
3. On the Sands.—Razor shells, lug worms, the common 
squid, worms living in tubes, sea mice, &c., were discussed. 
THURSDAY. DECEMBER 15TH, 1904. 
An Ghening tvith the Microscope. 
BOUT 60 slides were passed through the projective microscope 
lent by Mr. Caush; they consisted mainly of botanical, 
entomological and histological sections. The rest of the evening 
spent by the members examining for themselves a number of 
slides under different microscopes supplied for their use by the 
iety. 
