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Mr W. C. Green remarked upon a difficulty in the use 
of moveto Oar, and rather agreed with Mr Paley about the posi- 
tion of avrod. 
Mr FeNNELL defended the reading adrovs, thinking it to 
mean that the Lacedemonians were trying to make their num- 
ber appear smaller than it was, in order that the Athenians 
might think little of their advantage. 
Mr Hammonn saw no difficulty so far as the collocation 
of avtod went, but rather preferred the reading avrois ; and 
shewed reasons why the Spartans would be very anxious to 
make peace at that period of the war; and expressed an opi- 
nion that the provisions introduced had been such as would 
not keep. 
Some conversation also took place, in which the above, the 
MASTER OF TRINITY, the PRovost or K1NG’s, and the PREstI- 
DENT took part. 
The PRESIDENT also mentioned that, if he remembered right, 
Bauer had hinted at this meaning of adtod, and thought the 
Professor’s translation of aitod rather harsh. 
April 26, 1869. 
Communications made to the Society: 
(1) Note on passages in Aristotle's Meteorologica and in 
Sir J. Herschel’s Astronomy relating to the sight 
of faint objects, and on some passages of Ancient 
Poets relating to the lost Pleiad. By the President, 
Professor SeLwyy, D.D. 
The fact that there seemed to be, as noticed by the above 
authorities, a lesser sensibility of that part of the retina in the 
line of direct vision, the author thought might be due to the 
greater use of that part in the ordinary work of the eye. He 
