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Mr. F. E. Sawyer observed that their studies in anthropology 

 might induce the Sussex Archseological Society to take more notice 

 of Brighton, and, perhaps, to hold its next annual meeting there. 



August 26th. 



MICROSCOPICAL MEETING.—" MARINE LIFE." 



The subject announced was " Marine Life," but, owing to the 

 rough weather, no living specimens were forthcoming, and the 

 members had to content themselves with the slides bearing upon 

 the subject belonging to the society. Before these were submitted 

 to view, the honorary secretary (Mr. T. W. Wonfor) stated that 

 he had received from Mr. T. Curties, Holborn, copies of the 

 80th and 81st Journals of the Royal United Service Institu- 

 tion, in which wei'e some beautiful delineations of minute sea- 

 surface animals in coloured drawings by Mrs. Toynbee, with 

 instructions to naval officers how to obtain similar collections. Mr. 

 "Wonfor added that either the form of tow net mentioned in 

 the journal, or that suggested by Mr. Hennah some time since, 

 might be very usefully employed off the Brighton piers, or 

 drawn after an ordinai-y sailing or row boat. Many interesting, 

 if not new, forms of life would be met with in this way, as well as 

 the ova of many fishes, which would enable them to watch the 

 gradual development of life. 



After a few remarks from the Chairman (Mr. J. E. Haselwood, 

 Vice-President), the meeting became a Conversazione, when slides 

 bearing on Marine Life were examined ; among others, specimens of 

 ooze obtained from the bed of the Atlantic ocean by Dr. Carpenter, 

 in the Porcupine dredgings. 



A very fine grasshopper was also shown by Mr. G. D. Sawyer, 

 who had caught it the same evening at Clif tonville. 



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