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Orthoclase, Pholerite, Manganese, &c., from Maldon; by Mr. A. 
Watts, a young Octopus; by Mr. F. Wisewould, mineral specimens 
from Chudleigh Caves, Tasmania. 
After the usual conversazione the meeting terminated. 
BALLARAT FIELD CLUB AND SCIENCE SOCIETY. 
Tue annual conversazione of the above Society was held in the large 
hall of the School of Mines, Lydiard-street, Ballarat, on Friday 
evening, 3rd July, 1885. 
The president, Mr. Jas. Oddie, J.P., occupied the chair, and there 
was a large attendance of the members and their friends, some 200 
persons, being present. 
The president, in the course of his remarks, drew attention to the 
many advantages to be derived from the study of natural science in 
general; the Rev. W. Williams gave a lecturette on ‘‘ Spiders as 
Modern Balloonists,’”’ and referred to the flight of spiders recently 
observed in many parts of the Western District; and Mr. W. H. 
Wooster gave a popular account of the “ Natural History of the 
Bryozoa.” 
The exhibits consisted in most instances of microscopic objects, 
and twenty instruments were in use by the different exhibitors. The 
following were the principal exhibits :—By Mr. W. Burbidge, scales 
on insects’ wings; by Mr. W. Corbould, the crystallization of 
metals; by Mr. A. Doepel, parasites and cheese mites; by Mr. 
Grayson, vegetable physiology and diatoms ; by Mr. F. M. Krausé, 
F.G.S. (hon. sec.,) specimens of dolerite, diabase, felsite-porphyry, 
and porphyrite, with sections of same under polarized light ; by Mr. 
F. J. Martell, circulation of blood in frog, and vinegar eels ; by Dr. 
Ochiltree, tissues of internal organs of man ; by Mr. A, Mica-Smith, 
B.A., micre-photographs ; by Mr. H. Sutton, micro-photograph of 
sections of diatoms, polyzoa, under high powers ; by Dr. Usher, 
human physiology ; by Rev. W. Williams, anatomy and physiology 
of Arachnide ; by Miss Wooster, Victorian mosses and sea-weeds ; 
by Mr. W. H. Wooster, Victorian bryozoa. 
TO WILSON’S PROMONTORY OVERLAND. 
By J. B. Greaory. 
Our party was to consist of three, and our objects were not 
altogether in accord or altogether different. We were all off for a 
