85: 
The President replied in the affirmative. He estimated that 
people frequently consumed three parts of animal food to one of 
vegetable, and they would be much healthier if the proportions 
were reversed. They heard of vegetarians, but there could be no 
- such thing as vegetarianism. They all took milk, which was 
animal food, and butter which was also an animal product, and 
they ate eggs in large quantities. 
The Rey. EK. Hussey thought it should be impressed upon people 
that gluttony was a vice as well as drunkenness. Boys especially 
were tempted to over-eat themselves—they were like puppy dogs 
—if they put a certain amount before them they ate until they 
made themselves sick. It was very wrong. 
The President said there were grown up dogs who were quite as 
bad as-the puppies (laughter). Still the practice was very repre- 
hensible, 
A vote of thanks to the President terminated the proceedings. 
Turspay, Marcu 2nd, 1886. 
There was a good attendance at the Town Hall, Dr. Bowles, V.P. 
in the chair. A paper of considerable length was read by J. 
Smurthwaite, Esq., on “ Darwin and his opinions,” in which the 
writer agreed with Darwin generally, but stopped short at the 
‘“‘Descent of Man,’ in which he considered the author had 
generalized rather hastily. 
A short discussion followed in which the chairman, secretary, 
and Mr. Walton took part. The two latter took exception to the 
remarks on Darwin’s hastiness, believing him to have been one of 
the most careful and exact men of our time, and one whose induc- 
tion was very wide. 
Tvurspay, Apri 6th, 1886, 
The attendance was rather scanty. In the absence of the 
President and Vice-Presidents, the Rev. C. Bosanquet was voted 
into the chair, and a short paper was read by the Rey. J. R. Duke, 
| M.A., on ‘‘ Man in his relation to the lower animals.” The subject 
was treated from an a priori point of view, showing that similarities 
of structure between man and the lower creatures might have been 
expected, and need not necessarily imply physical relationship. 
