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readings on these days being from 51 to 52, and the wind 

 from W. to W. by N. Letters published in the Times had 

 recorded similar observations at Leyton, Essex, and at 

 Tunbridge, Kent. 



1866. Jan. 25th, I7ist meeting. Colonel Sykes referred 

 to the exceptionally high barometric readings mentioned at 

 the last meeting, stating that the atmospheric wave to which 

 they were due appeared to have proceeded in a westerly 

 direction. He urged the importance of a more extensive 

 collection of observations than was at present possible, and 

 of forming an international meteorological society. 



Dr. Sclater mentioned that the Zoological Society had 

 obtained a specimen (the first brought to England) of 

 Arctocephalus Hookeri, a large seal inhabiting the Southern 

 Ocean. 



Feb. 23rd. Colonel Sykes again referred to the above- 

 named atmospheric wave, and suggested that the tempests 

 might be due to the filling up of the vacuum in its rear. 

 He also furnished observations of temperatures in Canada 

 during the first cold term in the current year. 



Sir R. Murchison announced that Baron von der Decken's 

 expedition x had not been able to ascend the Juba River in 

 Eastern Africa for more than 385 miles. 



March 22nd, I73rd meeting. Dr. Carpenter referred to 

 the objections made by Professors King and Rowney to the 

 foraminiferal origin of Eozoon Canadense, 2 and read a letter 

 from Professor Dawson, of Montreal, stating that he and Dr, 

 Sterry Hunt were still satisfied that the speaker's view was 

 correct. 



April 30th, I74th meeting (anniversary). Dr. Carpenter 

 said that since the last meeting Professor Dawson had 

 examined specimens which consisted entirely of calcareous 

 material, and yet showed the characteristic Eozoonal struc- 



1 Karl Klaus von der Decken (1833-1863) began African travel after 

 leaving the Hanoverian army in 1860. Failing to reach Lake Nyassa, 

 he went thence to Kilimanjaro, ascending to 13,780 feet. Next he explored 

 some of the East African rivers, and was murdered on this journey. 



2 Their views are expressed at length in An Old Chapter of the Geological 

 Record, 1881. 



