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Dr. Barker not being of specific value, for the same spines were 

 to be seen here in those now shown, only much moi-e diminished, 

 and in a few they were very scarce or seemingly absent. There 

 could not be a question, however, as to their being quite the 

 same, nor had Mr. Archer any doubt but that the Irish form 

 must be regarded as one and the same thing with that of Ralfs 

 and. Eocke, so identical were they in outline and figure of the 

 Cell, and its lobes and teeth. 



Mr. Yeates showed a new Pocket Microscope, recently con- 

 structed by him, adapted for high powers, and very manageable j 

 also some nice mounted objects. 



