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as ten guineas per lb. Previously wine or beer was 
the only beverage for all meals. The method of 
preparing tea in China and Ceylon, the various forms 
—green, black and brick tea—and the various fashions 
of drinking it, were descanted upon. The lecturer 
explained the chemical constituents of tea, its adultera- 
tions, and their manner of detection. Famous tea 
drinkers were referred to, such as Dr. Johnson, whose 
teapot held half-a-gallon, as also its opponents, led by 
the great John Wesley. 
Friday, April 3rd, Sir Samuel Wilks, Bt., 
F.R.S., President, in the chair. 
Dr. J. W. Anderson, gave a lecture on ‘* How 
to determine Character from the Head and 
Face,”’ illustrated by lantern slides. Dr. Anderson 
described a system of physiognomy for which he 
claimed the merit of being physiologically and 
psychologically defensible and which he had satisfied 
himself was true. It differed from phrenology in being 
founded upon faculties and not qualities. The shape 
of the head was determined by the relative develop- 
ment of different parts of the brain and from it could © 
be gauged the degree of development of the functions 
located in the various parts. The blood supply to 
each part, together with hereditary tendency, determined 
the degree of development of that part. “The lecturer 
described as the most perfect head one which formed 
a circle from the root of the nose to the protuberance 
at the back of the occiput, the centre of the circle 
being immediately in front of the ear—an equally 
developed head in every direction. 
Friday, May 8th. Sir Samuel Wilks, Bt., 
F.R.S., President, in the chair. 
Professor W. M. Flinders Petrie, D.C.L., 
LL.D., F.R.S., gave a lecture entitled “« History 
before Writing ”’ illustrated with lantern slides. 
