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SEVENTH MEETING. 



The Seventh Meeting was held on i6th January, 1886, the 

 President in the chair. 



The following list of Donations and Exchanges was read : 



1. The Canadian Record of Science, Vol. II., No. 1. 



2. Science, Vol. VII., No. 153, Jan. 8th, '86. 



3. Transactions of the New York Academy of Sciences, Vol. III., 1883-'84, 



Do., Vol v.. No. 1, October, 1885. 



4. Journal of the Cincinnati Society of Natural History, Vol. VIII., No. 



4, Jan., '86. 



5. Eeport of the U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey for 1884. 



6. The Magazine of Western History, Vol. III., Nos. 1 and 3, November, 



'85, and Janiiary, '86. 



7. Transactions of the Sanitary Institute of Great Britain, Vol. XI., 



1884-'85. 



8. Cosmos, No. 48, Dec. 28, '85. 



9. Electricite, No. 52, Dec. 26, '85. 



10. BuUettino di Bibliografia e di Storia delle Scienze Matematiche e Fisiche, 



Tomo XVIII., Marzo, 1885. 



11. Compte Uendu de la Societe de Geographic, Paris, Nos. 19, 20. 



12. Journal des Soci4t6s Scientifiques, No. 52. 



13. Bulletin de la Society G^ologique de France, 3e Serie, t. xiii., '85, No. 6. 



14. Bulletin de la Societe G6ologique de Normandie, Tome IX., 1882. 



15. Memoires du Comite Geologique, Vol. II., No. 1, St. Petersburg. 



Total, 17. V , 



Mr. Arthur M. Stow was elected a member. 



Mr. VanderSmissen, on behalf of Professor Campbell of 

 Montreal, read a Paper entitled: "Etruria Capta." The First 

 Part of this Paper has been published in Vol. III., p. 144; the 

 Second Part is being revised by the author, and will appear in 

 a subsequent issue. 



After reading the paper and giving a brief resumd of the 

 labours of Corssen, Lanzi, Br^al, Deecke and other leading 

 Etruscologists, Mr. VanderSmissen proceeded to give illustra- 

 tions of a few sepulchral inscriptions in the Etruscan character, 



