734 Meeting of the British Association. [Oct., 
and connected by historical associations with the palmy days of Bath. 
This suite of rooms, consisting of ball-room, octagon, and concert- 
room, was densely crowded by a brilliant company on the second 
evening of the meeting. The Sections also were extremely well lodged, 
although it unfortunately happened that they could not all be placed 
under a single roof. ‘The distance, however, between them was but 
small, and as soon as the visitor could make himself familiar with their 
relative position, it was found that they could be reached from one 
another without much expenditure of time. The Mineral Water 
Hospital afforded two excellent rooms, in which Section D (Zoology) 
and Section E (Geography) were located. The latter, much the largest 
of the two, was however not too large for the numbers which congre- 
gated in that popular Section, and was always well filled. Downstairs 
in the same building, the Sub-section of Physiology, less generally 
attractive, occupied a modest apartment, where much work, devoid of 
show, was transacted during the meeting. The Corridor-rooms housed 
the Chemists (Section B), who could not complain of their location, 
nor of their audience; though a considerable offshoot of the workers 
of this Section formed themselves into an unofficial section, under the 
name of the Pharmaceutical Conference, at which papers bearing on 
Pharmaceutical Chemistry were read and discussed. The Geologists 
(Section C) occupied the handsome and gpacious Guildhall; the 
Mathematicians (Section A) found ample space in the Blue-coat 
School board-room in Sawelose; while the Grammar School in Broad 
Street housed the essentially-practical philosophers of Section G 
(Mechanical Science). Perhaps the Statisticians (Section F) were the 
only division which had any cause for dissatisfaction, the Milsom- 
street Rooms being inadequate for their requirements; but this was 
amply remedied after the first day by their removal to the spacious 
concert-room before mentioned. 
The great influx of visitors into Bath has given rise to fabulous 
tales respecting the exorbitant demands made for their necessary 
accommodation, but these stories are, we believe, without any founda- 
tion in fact. The arrangements made with great care and trouble by 
the local secretaries would, indeed, suffice to render any attempts at 
imposition useless, and application to these gentlemen was all that 
was required to protect the visitor, and to ensure comfortable and 
reasonable accommodation. A considerable amount of private hospi- 
tality was also exercised, nor were the official representatives of the 
city wanting in recognition of the guests. The Lord-Lieutenant (Harl 
of Cork) entertained the excursionists to Frome on the Saturday, while 
the Countess of Waldegrave did the same for those who visited Rad- 
stock on the same day. The Mayor of Bath gave a banquet in the 
Guildhall on Saturday evening to a select assembly, and Mr. Tite, 
M.P., repeated the entertainment on the following Thursday. The 
citizens of Bristol also extended their hospitality to that Section of the 
Association which visited Clifton for the purpose of viewing the beau- 
tiful suspension bridge just completed ; and many public buildings in 
Bath have been freely opened to the members of the Association during 
their stay in the city. 
