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MONDAY, DECEMBER 10ru, 1906. 
The Making of Scenery. 
BY 
Mr. H. EDMONDS, B.Sc. 
Illustrated with Lantern Slides. 
2 gaa Making of Scenery” formed the subject of a lecture 
delivered at the Royal Pavilion to the members of the 
Brighton and Hove Natural History and Philosophical Society 
by Mr. H. Edmonds, B.Sc. Dr. Harrison presided. The 
lecture had little to do with the effect produced on hill and sea 
by light and atmosphere; but it dealt in a very interesting 
fashion with the preparation by Nature of the raw material of 
beautiful effects. The awful powers of Nature in transforming 
the appearance of the world’s surface was Mr. Edmonds’ theme. 
In illustration of his points, he shewed a number of excellent 
pictures on the screen, many of which had been prepared for the 
meetings of the British Association. Some of the scenic effects 
portrayed were very remarkable. 
THURSDAY, JANUARY 17ru, 1907. 
Che Variation in Domestic Fotuls. 
BY 
Mr. GEORGE FOXALL. 
Illustrated with Lantern Slides. 


YA7HICH came first, the hen or the egg? Addressing the 
members of the Natural History Society on ‘ The 
Variatiou in Domestic Fowls,” Mr. George Foxall confessed that 
he had nothing to add to the solution of a problem which has 
worried man ever since he could think, but he could say some- 
thing about the beginnings of new species of hens and eggs. 
At first sight one would as soon expect the learned members of 
