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On the conclusion of the Congress some of the delegates proceeded 

 to various points in India in pursuance of personal scientific interests 

 and engagements. A party of over fifty of the visitors, however, left 

 Calcutta for the south in the special train on the night of January 9. 

 On the following day they saw something of the picturesque scenery of 

 the maritime plain bordering the Eastern Ghats, and they reached Madras 

 in the forenoon of January 11. Here they were entertained by the 

 University of Madras at a luncheon, visited the museum, the aquarium, 

 and other points of interest, and on the invitation of the Sheriff of 

 Madras attended a garden party arranged by the city in honour of the 

 Viceroy. The thanks of the party were subsequently conveyed by 

 the President to the Vice-Chancellor of the University and to the 

 Sheriff of the city. Lectures were given by Prof. Ernest Barker, by 

 Prof. F. J. M. Stratton at the Christian College, Tambaram, and by 

 Prof. J. L. Simonsen, F.R.S., at the Presidency College Chemical 

 Society. 



The special train left Madras at night, and the next morning (January 12) 

 the party changed at Bangalore into a narrow-gauge train for Mysore City. 

 At Bangalore and Mysore, and for the intervening journey, they were the 

 guests of the State of Mysore. At Mysore City they were accommodated 

 in Government House and in a camp (a term of more elaborate connotation 

 in India than at home). Lectures were given by Sir James Jeans, F.R.S., 

 Dr. F. W. Aston, F.R.S., Prof. Ernest Barker, Sir Arthur Eddington, 

 F.R.S., and Prof. C. E. Spearman, F.R.S. The Maharaja's palace, the 

 University, the Technical Institute, the Zoological Gardens, and various 

 institutions were visited by members, and after nightfall they viewed 

 with wonder the illuminated fountains at the great dam on the river 

 Cauvery, and the city, brilliantly lit up, from Chamundi Hill. On the 

 morning of January 13 the fort at Seringapatam and the tombs of Hyder 

 Ali and Tippu Sultan were inspected, and the party entrained for Banga- 

 lore. Here again a number of institutions were visited, including the 

 Indian Institute of Science and the College of Science. Sir James Jeans, 

 F.R.S. , addressed students at both the college and the institution, and the 

 following also spoke : Dr. F. W. Aston, F.R.S., Prof. Ernest Barker, 

 Prof. P. G. H. Boswell, F.R.S., Prof. F. A. E. Crew, Dr. C. G. Darwin, 

 F.R.S., Prof. W. T. Gordon, and Prof. J. L. Simonsen, F.R.S. The 

 thanks of the members were subsequently conveyed by the President 

 to His Highness the Maharaja of Mysore, to Sir Mirza M. Ismail, Dewan 

 Sahib of Mysore, and to Sir Charles Todhunter, K.C.S.I., private 

 secretary to the Maharaja. 



The party entrained at Bangalore on the night of January 13, and 

 travelled direct to Bombay, where on January 15 they embarked on the 

 S.S. Strathaird for the voyage home. Before doing so. Prof. Ernest 

 Barker and Dr. R. N. Salaman, F.R.S., gave lectures, and Prof. Winifred 

 CuUis, C.B.E., addressed the Association of British Women Graduates 

 in India. 



The members who took both the tours described above, before and after 

 the meeting, travelled close upon six thousand miles in India. The 

 weather was beautiful throughout the visit, except for a storm of short 

 duration at Calcutta in the afternoon of January 9. 



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