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which was, some few years ago, dug up in Bath. — An 

 elegant lump, recently discovered in Rome, was forwarded 

 to the Museum, by Mr. WiLLSON Brown. — Among tlie 

 drawings exhibited, we must not omit to mention a few in 

 pencil, of Bellott's Hospital, and of other objects of anti- 

 quarian interest, by Mr. Alfred Keene. — The walls of 

 the room were hung with several very good rubbings of 

 brasses from neighbouring churches, and some from more 

 distant ones, contributed by the Rev. F. Locket, Mr. C. 

 Empson, Mr. C. E. Davis, Rev, G. Dance, and others. — 

 Among the other contributors were the Rev. C. Paul 

 (who sent drawings of the Roman pavements at WeUow), 

 Mr. J. Wood (some interesting fossils), and Dr. J. H. 

 Pring, of Weston-super-Mare, who sent a daguerreotype 

 view of crania, pottery, and bones, by Freeman, lately of 

 Bath, and a bottle of luminous sea water, from the Bay of 

 Weston-super-Mare, containing specimens of the noctiluca 

 miliaris, which was, through the aid of Älr. Quekett's 

 microscope, shewn to the meeting on Wednesday evenino-. 

 — We regret that our limits do not admit of a minute 

 notice of the very many other objects of extreme interest 

 and rarity, which were gathered together by the exertions 

 of the Society's local officers — exertions which the Com- 

 mittee here gratefully acknowledge. 



The Abbey Church, Hetling House, the Museum of 

 the Literary Institution, and the Baths, were thrown open 

 to the members of the Society. Mr. W. Bush also oblio-- 

 ingly permitted them to inspect the extensive geological 

 museum which he has formed at his residence, 7, Circus; 

 and the Rector and Churchwardens afforded them the 

 öpportunity of inspecting the " Churchwardens' Accounts" 

 of St. Michael'a parish, (" Ecclesia Sancti Michaelis extra 

 portam borealem") which, extending from a.D. 1349, the 



