of savants, M.D.'s, amateur naturalists from Canterbury 

 and Dover, with a fair sprinkling of ladies. 



Among those present we noticed Colonel Horsley, Presi- 

 dent ; Capt. Kemp ; Col. Cos and family; Major Munn ; 

 Rev. F. Scott, Sibertswould ; R. E. Thomson, Esq. ; Rev. 

 J. Bampton ; Dr. Astley ; A. Poynter, Esq., and Mrs. Poyn- 

 ter ; W. Hussey, Esq. ; Rev. W. E. Light and family ; F 

 Barton, Esq. ; P. B. Claris, Esq. ; J. F. Crookes, Esq., and 

 family ; T. Lewis, Esq. ; Ueiiry I'ayn, Esq. ; Mr. L. Weston 

 and family ; Mr. W. P. Mummery ; Mr. J. B. Hambrook ; 

 Mr. Winch ; Mr. and Mrs. C. Spice ; J. C. Thorpe, Esq. ; 

 Mr. Alexander Bottle ; Mr. Knocker and family ; and Mr. 

 Horsnaill. 



The following were the exhibitors : — Major Munn, 

 paper on Raising Queen Bees ; Mr. Gordon, Hanging 

 Wasp's Xest ; J. F. Crookes, Esq., Binocular Microscope 

 (by Baker), shewing Living Cheese Mites, Young Oysters, 

 Feathers of Bird s, &c. ; P. B. Claris, Esq., Microscope (by 

 Baker), shewing Ovaries of vjueen Bee, and other interest- 

 ing dissections ; Mr. Horsnaill, Microscope (by Crouch), 

 shewing Jaws and Proboscis of Bee, also numerous other 

 parts, dissected under the direction of Major Munn ; Mr. 

 Hambrook, Microscope, shewing Tongues of Bee and Cat, 

 &c. ; Mr. W. P. Mummery, Binocular Microscope (by 

 Stewart), shewing Bowerbankia, Sertularia, Eye, with the 

 hexagonal facets ; Mr. Alexander Bottle, Microscope (by 

 Smith and Beck), shewing Sting of Bee with Poison Bag, 

 Jaws and Tongue of Bee, Jaws and Tongue of Humble Bee, 

 Parasite of Bee, and Sting of Wasp. 



The display of instruments and specimens was an instruc- 

 tive exemplification of the Horatian maxim that what 

 enters the mind through the visual organ makes a deeper 

 impression than that communicated by the auricular 

 tympanum. In saying this, we mean no disparagement to 

 the painstaking and eloquent Major Munn, who, after a 

 few introductory remarks from thofPresident of the Society, 

 Ciiloucl Horsl(7,l| proccded to read the following 



