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FIFTEENTH OKDINARY MEETING. 



Royal Institution, 26th May, 1856. 

 ROBERT M'ANDREW, Esq., F.R.S., President, in the Chair. 



Sir John Salusbury, on being admitted a Member, exhibited the 

 original diploma which had been presented to him when he was 

 formerly enrolled in the Society. 



Mr. Newton Samuelson, F.C.S., was elected an Ordinary Member. 



It was announced that the Natural History Excursion would be to 

 Llandudno, on the 7th of June. 



Mr. T. C. Archer exhibited several specimens of malachite, illustra- 

 tive of its supposed stalagmitic and stalactitic origin; also several 

 skeletons of birds, fishes and reptiles of exquisite beauty, prepared by 

 maceration and the action of the sand-hopper. Mr. Marrat exhibited 

 several local mosses ; Mr. Henry Duckworth a remarkably fine speci- 

 men of the tooth of the Labyrintliodon ; Mr. Nisbet, several Chinese 

 coins ; and Mr. M'Audrew, a fine specimen of the Scammony root. 



The following paper was then read .• — 



A GEOLOGICAL RAMBLE. 

 By EDWARD BRETHERTOX, Esq., F.G.S. 



Go forth into the country, 



From a world of cai-e and guile ; 

 Go forth to the untainted air. 



And the sunshine's open smUe. 

 It shall clear thy clouded brow — 



It shall loose the worldly coil 

 That binds thy heart too closely up, 



Thou man of care and toil ! 



Mes. James Gray. 



It has long been matter of surprise that persons having opportunities 

 for cultivating science, without infringing upon their ordinary duties, 

 neglect them. This is more singular when we consider the omission 

 inflicts a double injury — on the mental and the bodily powers. We 

 exert ourselves to procure for the over-worked artisan and labourer a 

 relaxation from toil ; would it not be equally wise and prudent to 

 extend our philanthropic efforts to ourselves, and those toiling at the 



