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parts.” At the conclusion of the meeting the usual Conversazione 
was held. 
From Nort To SoutH.—Many of our readers will remember Mr. 
Thomas Whitelegge, of Ashton-under-Lyne, who, about twelve 
months since, set out for South Australia, intending to settle there. 
He has lately written back to the old country, and the following is 
an extract from his letter :— 
“There are plenty of microscopists here with splendid instru- 
ments, but many of them do nothing but dot Diatomis. I have 
not done much at Botany yet, although I have frequent rambles in 
the Bush, which abounds with the prettiest flowers I ever saw, and 
all imaginable shapes and colors. Snakes and lizards are very 
plentiful, so that you have to look out where you set your feet. 
Frogs are very prevalent and very pretty. One night I was startled 
by seeing something on the window, and there was a tree-frog 
(about the size of an English frog), on the glass adhering by its 
suckers to the window-pane, it moved about the glass quite com- 
fortably for about half an hour, much to our amusement while we 
had our tea. I live in a nice locality for a Naturalist, some eight 
or ten square miles of bogs, swamps, and pools within a few 
minutes walk, or if I require the sea-side, I am about three miles 
from it. I can see Botany Bay from where I live, and can go by 
train for 6d., about eight miles. 
‘“‘T have made the acquaintance of most of the scientists here, 
and ama F.L.S. and F.R.S., of N.S. W., Sydney. The Rev. J. E. 
Tenyson Woods gave me about 12 volumes of books, all bearing 
on Australian Natural History. He is a very great authority in 
all branches of Natural Science, well-known throughout Australia, 
having travelled nearly all over it. I have had several outings 
with him in search of infusoria. I have had good luck with my 
pond life studies here, having found a great many things not 
hitherto found in the colony. Two species of Polyzoa, Plumatella 
repens and Fredericella sultana, of Rotefera. I have added about 
six species to those already recorded; and have found four 
species new to science, I believe,—two species of Fresh Water 
Sponge, one hitherto only found in Queensland, and the other a 
new species, besides a lot of other microscopic things, which have 
not been observed here before.” 
Oxsiruary.—Two microscopists have passed away from our 
midst: J. Lawrence Smith and Robert Tolles ; the former a man 
who applied the microscope to every investigation he undertook ; 
the latter leaves his monument by having handed to posterity some 
of the finest lenses the world possesses. Hoc olim meminisse 
jubavit. 
