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possessed what were usually called parasites, but which did not appear 

 to suffer iu the least from the auimal they carried ; ou the contrary, 

 they lived harmoniously together, and even appeared to consult each 

 other's convenience. 



The President moved a vote of thanks to Mr. Sorby and Mr. Hogg 

 for their jiapers ; and annomiced that he had received a paper from 

 Dr. Bowerbank, containing some of his eaidy reminiscences of the 

 microscope. It was impossible that it should be read that evening ; 

 but as he had no doubt that it would be regarded with much interest 

 by the Fellows, he would give a month's notice that it would be read at 

 the next meetiug of the Society. 



The President then mentioned the fact that a Microscopical Club 

 (an offshoot of our jiarent Society) had been most successfully inaugu- 

 rated at Croydon, The club consisted of nearly a hundred members, 

 and they had unanimously elected Mr. Henry Lee as their president. 



The President then made some announcements with regard to the 

 arrangements for the soiree, and the meeting was adjourned until the 

 11th May. 



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Scientific Opinion. Part XVII. Editor. 



Bed of tlie Atlantic. By Wra. Chimmo J. Glaisher, F.R.S. 



Popular Science Eeview. No. 35 Editor, 



Journal of tlie Quekett Club Club. 



The Student. No. 2. New Series Publisher, 



The Terraces of Norway. By Professor Kjerulf. Translated 



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Le Globe. 



Witbering's Arrangement of British Plants, ^rd Edition.^ A Friend, through 



4 vols j W.W. Beeves. 



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The following gentlemen were elected Fellows of the Society : — 



Thomas Sanders Crossley, Esq. 



Frank Crisp, Esq. 



Thomas Greenish, Esq. 



John Anthony, M.D., Cantab., M.B., M.E.C.P., &c. 



Walter W. Kbeyes, 



Assist. Secretary, 



Annual Soiree of the Royal Microscopical Society. 



The annual soiree of the Eoyal Microscopical Society was held at 

 King's College, by the kind permission of the authorities of that 

 Institution, on the 20th April, and was very numerously attended by 

 Fellows and invited guests. 



Tables round the great hall and down the centre were occupied 



