the two or three preceding Sessions, a volume might 

 undoubtedly have been produced ' of greater extent and 

 interest. But that which is now offered to the public will, 

 at all events, shew that the love of Science, Literature, and 

 the Fine Arts is not abated in this Locality, while it will 

 serve to concenter and excite the future efforts of all who 

 have at heart the important objects for which the Society 

 was instituted. 



AUGUST, 1845. 



