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Uganda; and the people themselves were very anxious to be 
under European protection. Another thing which made one 
very unhappy was that there seemed to be some arrangement by 
which the Belgians were to get territory to the north. They had 
done nothing to deserve it, and there was no reason why we 
should give to the Congo Free State or the Belgians a portion of 
our future line of communication. The lecturer also deprecated 
the continuance of Arab influence in the government of that 
region by managing it through the Sultan of Zanzibar. Coming 
down to the south of Lake Nyassa, Mr Scott-Elliot said he would 
recommend the country along the Stevenson Road, along with 
the one mentioned on the Victoria Nyanza, as well adapted for 
European settlement. It was healthy, and one could buy at 
present as many acres as you pleased for a pocket handkerchief. 
A series of photographs of natives and views of scenery were 
then thrown upon the screen ; and a number of wearons and 
articles of native manufacture were on view. 
Mr Maxwell, M.P., proposed a hearty vote of thanks to Mr 
Scott-Elliot for his lecture. 
10th May, 1895. 
The Rev. Witttam Anpson, Vice-President, in the Chair. 
New Members.—Messrs J. J. Cowan, Ehock, Sanquhar ; John 
Davidson, Crichton Institution; Robert Gordon, London ; 
Matthew Jamieson, Craigelvin ; Walter H. Scott, Nunfield. 
Donations.—Report of the Berwickshire Field Club, 1893; 
Stirling Natural History and Archeological Society’s Report, 
1894. 
Exhibits.—Mr George Neilson exhibited a document belonging 
to the borough of Annan, dated 1612, being a renewal by James 
VI. of the Charter granted by his grandfather, James V. This 
document, Mr Neilson assumes, may have been used in a process 
and been misplaced, so that it got into other hands than those of 
the rightful owners. 
COMMUNICATIONS. 
1. Notes written in the Forest of Ruwenzorr, Uganda. 
By Grorce F. Scorr-Euiiot, M.A., F.R.G.S. 
What are the chief characteristics of a humid forest such as one 
