292 PROF. T. MCKENNY HUGHES, F.K.S., ON 



day vising and falling; tide of ooramerce has g;atiiered in onr 

 bays- and estnaries. The foolish cry of ag'itatovs, " Give us 

 Bomi'thing; different, for we are of more tender kind than our 

 neighbours," gains no support from such enquiries as ^ve have 

 been carrying on to-night. There is no single race in 

 England, in Wales, in Scotland, and least of all in Ireland ; 

 and the reasons given for separate legislation are worth no 

 more than those given by the O'Gradys, who would not be 

 beholden to Noah for a place in the Ark but had a boat of 

 their own. Let those who cannot sail in the good old British 

 barque go to the bottom ! 



There are different races in the British Isles, but they are 

 not conterminous Avith any seaboard or any mountain ranges 

 or counties or groups of counties. The combination is now 

 more chemical tlian mechanical, and the mixture is so intimate 

 that to separate out the different stocks is now impossible. 

 But it is a mixture of which we may well be proud, and which 

 we should not try to break up into its components, but by all 

 means in our power endeavour to Aveld into something ever 

 stronirer and truer. 



The Chairman (Professor E. Hull, LL.D., F.R.S.).— 1 am 

 sure all present desire to accord Professor McKcnny Hnoflics their 

 best thanks for this admirable paper (clieers). Having a 

 pressing engagement I will ask Captain Heath to take tho chair. 



The chair was then taken by Captain Hkatii, R.N. 



Tlie HoNORABY Secretary (Captain Francis Petrie, F.G.S.). — 

 May I mention that one of our members from America, the Bishop 

 of Minnesota, is present. This is his first visit to the Institnlc, and I 

 am sure all present will desire to hear his views upon this subject. 



The Bishop of Minnesota. — Mr. Cliairman, ladies and gentle- 

 men, it is a very great pleasure for me to be present at this 

 meeting, for although I have been one of your members for many 

 years and have taken very great dcHght in reading all the papers 

 that are published by the Institute, this is the first time 1 have 

 bad the pleasure of being present. 



