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preceded by a back and forth motion of the parent which re- 
minds one of the alternate shrugging of the shoulders, at length 
this motion becomes more violent when the ciliated young is 
suddenly excluded and swims away with a velocity that de- 
fies one to follow it. 
OUR EIGHTH ANNUAL MEETING. 
E. H. GRIFFITH. 
HE prospects for the eighth annual meeting of the American 
Society of Microscopists seem to be more promising now 
than ever before at so early a date. The acceptance of the 
cordial invitation for us to meet at Chautauqua is heartily in- 
dorsed, and this year many will take their wives and daughters 
with them, who in the past have gone alone; and when more of 
the wives and daughters become interested in our Society we 
may be sure that some of them, at least, will unite with us, and 
become most excellent members, as are those who are already 
of our number. It is also certain that when several members 
of the same families learn to love the microscope on account of 
its revelations, much more time vill be devoted to its use, 
fewer evenings will be passed away from the home circle, and 
consequently, greater progress will be made. Business men of 
our Society, who have seldom, if ever, attended its meetings, 
promise to be present this year, for they can enjoy the conven- 
tion, and at the same time escape the heat, the dust, the bustle, 
and the confusion of city life, and enjoy a few days on the 
shores of the beautiful and health giving waters of Lake Chau- 
tauqua, one of the most delightful summer resorts on the Amer- 
ican continent. It seems to be the general impression that no 
more fitting place could have been selected, or one more calcu- 
lated to secure a successful meeting. 
Several years ago at the Detroit meeting, when Mr. Brearley 
of the Detroit Society, the writer, and some others advocated 
Chautauqua as the best place to assemble the next year, a cor- 
dial invitation from the authorities there was sent to us in 
answer to a letter from Mr. Brearley, but circumstances at that 
time interfered with its acceptance. 
The working session, which all must admit has become one 
