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that tlie weight of the cord, or whatever else was used to suspend one end of 

 the board from the balance, is included in 31bs. indicated, although, with that 

 want of precision on which I have already commented, Mr. Crookes omits to 

 tell us so. This makes the matter slightly worse, and I cannot avoid the conclu- 

 sion that the circumstances under which this experiment was made are highly 

 suspicious." 



In conclusion, the author remarked that could as accurate a measure of the 

 mental temperament of the observers be taken as was made of the temperature 

 of the apartment in which the experiments were conducted, we should know 

 better what to think of the affair. 



Mr. Brent said that Mr. Crookes had not made himself so sure that no 

 trick was being practised as he ought to have done. 



Mr. Stout, in answer to Mr. Webb's objection that sufficient experiments 

 had not been made to verify the conclusions come to, said that Mr. Crookes 

 had stated in his article that his conclusions were not arrived at hastily, or on 

 insufficient evidence, but that space would only allow him to give the 

 details of one trial. If Mr. Crookes was duped, other scientific men of 

 character had likewise been deceived, of whom Professor Varley had made far 

 more decided assertions regarding this new force than Mr. Crookes had ven- 

 tured on. 



Mr. Webb briefly replied to some of Mr. Stout's remarks. 



3. Some Fossils from the Caversham tunnel were exhibited by Mr. Blair. 



