30 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ANATOMICAL AND ANTHKOl'OLOGICAL 



ORDINARY MEETING. 



18TH JANUARY, 1912. 



Professor R, W. REID, M.D., F.R.C.S., Honorary President, 



in the Chair. 



The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. 



The Rev. T. T. Matthews, D.D., gave an address on " Malagasy Life and 

 Customs," and his material was obtained firsthand during a period of thirty 

 years spent as a missionary on the island of Madagascar. 



Dr. Matthews enlarged upon the great respect and awe which the natives 

 have for the white man and his medicine, two things which to the Malagasy 

 mind are inseparable He spoke of the native "medicine-man" and his 

 decline, and exhibited several charms which he had obtained from one of 

 these gentlemen. He also discussed the customs of the people and their 

 various rites. 



On the motion of Dr. Alex. Low a hearty vote of thanks was accorded to 

 Dr. Matthews for his very interesting address. 



