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Natural History Society has also been established at Eugby, to 

 ■which the senior scholars are permitted to belong, the Transactions 

 of which are before us, containing reports of papers and meetings 

 held during the year 1868. 



Natural science is encouraged at Harrow by a voluntary exami- 

 nation, to which all the boys are invited, and they are placed 

 according to their merits. There is no systematic teaching, but 

 many of the boys make great attainments in science, and some of 

 them have already distinguished themselves in the scientific world. 

 There is also a Scientific Society at Harrow, which meets at fixed 

 periods under the presidency of one of the masters. A museum has 

 been formed, and the masters speak highly of its beneficial influence 

 in the training of the boys. At the International College at Spring 

 Grove, the natural sciences are made a part of the general training 

 of the boys. Competent masters have been appointed to teach these 

 branches of science, and Dr. Schmitz, the intelligent head-master of 

 the school, speaks very confidently of the success of the plan. 



Intermittent attempts have been made to teach natural science 

 in various other schools throughout the kingdom, but the want of 

 determination in the masters and encouragement on the part of 

 parents very often lead to the entu*e abandonment of any sustained 

 efi'orts to proceed in this course. There seems little doubt that 

 if young men of scientific tastes would fit themselves to become 

 teachers in schools without applying themselves to the practice of 

 some profession, they would find ample employment for their ability 

 in tuition. They must, however, be prepared to insist on then- 

 own terms, and times and methods of teaching, as the condition of 

 mind of the majority of those who undertake to teach the young, 

 whether male or female, is utterly blank as to the nature, value, or 

 methods of teaching any branch of natural knowledge. 



VI. THE PKE-HISTOKIC ANTIQUITIES OF AND 



AROUND LOUGH GUE. 



By Professou Harkness, F.R.S. 



{With a Shetch-Ma]).) 



At the distance of about 3 miles north of the town of Bruif, Co. 

 Limerick, is an irregularly formed sheet of water known as Lough 

 Gur, Including its islands and the district immediately surrounding 

 it, this lake has been one of the most prolific sources of prc-historic 

 remains in Ireland. 



Near its margins there are several stone, and stone and earth 

 circles, and from the abundance of remains of this character the 

 lake has derived its name, which is, according to the statement of 



