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Mr. A. E. Gibbs read a paper entitled, " Through the Balkans 

 "with a Camera," illustrating his remarks with a large number of 

 lantern -slides of views and scenes in the countries of Bosnia and 

 Hercegovina through which he had made a collecting tour during 

 the summer of 1912. 



The following is a resume of his remarks : — 



Travelling down the eastern shores of the Adriatic sea, Mr. Gibbs 

 visited the interesting old towns of Spalato and Ragusa, where 

 some butterfly-hunting was done. From Cattaro, on a beautiful 

 arm of the sea, the Black Mountain was crossed into Montenegro, 

 ■and at Cettinje, the chief town of that little kingdom, some time 

 was pleasantly spent investigating the entomology of the mountains 

 by which the village-capital is surrounded. It had been intended 

 to go on from thence to Scutari, about which so much has been 

 heard of late, and to endeavour to explore the surrounding districts 

 of Albania, but the Montenegrins and the Turks had already begun 

 to quarrel, and the boat had ceased running. Plans, therefore, had 

 to be changed, and the frontier a little further north was visited, 

 Podgorica, a small market town, being made headquarters. After 

 leaving Montenegro Mr. Gibbs proceeded to the Hercegovina, 

 collecting in the neighbourhood of Mostar, the capital, and "of 

 Jablanica, a pleasant mountain resort, where a comfortable little 

 hotel has been established. Proceeding to Bosnia, a stay of some 

 length was made at Sarajevo, with its interesting old Turkish 

 bazaar, thronged with people of many nationalities, attired in quaint 

 ■costumes. Sarajevo furnished many artistic pictures, being a truly 

 ■oriental town, with numerous mosques, whose graceful minarets 

 were prominent features in the slides which were thrown on the 

 screen. From the capital a dash Avas made to the Turkish frontier 

 in a motor-car, passing through very mountainous country and 

 halting at many towns little visited by English people, such as 

 Gorazda, Cajnica, and Foca. The audience were then taken in 

 imagination to the beautifully wooded district in the north of 

 Bosnia, pictures being shown of historic Jajce, busy Banjaluka, 

 and Travnic with its painted mosque and picturesque market. 



APRIL 24UI, 1913. 



Mr. and Mrs. Lindesay Jones, of Baker Street, London, W., 

 were elected members. The evening was devoted to an exhibition 

 of specimens of all Orders other than lepidoptera, and was a most 

 successful meeting. 



