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charts about the date of 1620, were displayed on a centre table, 

 where was also the club's album, containing a large number of 

 drawings and photographs illustrating the geology and anti- 

 quities of the locality, in which, however, there is still space 

 for further contributions from members of the club who possess 

 skill in the use of their pencil. 



A camera for instantaneous photography, and a number of 

 instantaneous and other examples of that art, were exhibited 

 by Mr. Welsh, who also had an aquarium containing some 

 water tortoises and a salamander, which appeared at home in 

 the water, though fable originally ascribed both its birth and 

 habitat as being in the fire. 



A new American caligraph type-writing machine, exhibited 

 by Mr. Thomas Workman, was a centre of interest. 



A number of pictures lent for the occasion adorned the walls 

 of the lecture-room. Amongst them a fine drawing of Roslyn 

 Castle and a study of an oak tree painted on the spot, were 

 the handiwork of Dr. James Moore, H.R.H.A., to whom may 

 not inappropriately be applied Byron's lines on the poet Crabbe, 

 " Nature's sternest painter, and her best." This gentleman also 

 lent a sketch of great value by Erskine Nichol, R.S.A. Another 

 member of the club, Mr. S. M'Cloy, exhibited several very 

 striking water-colour paintings, which give more than promise 

 of future repute. Mr. Nichol lent eight sketches by his rela- 

 tive, Andrew Nichol, R.H.A., some of which, made nearly fifty 

 years since, of local scenes, possess now antiquarian as well as 

 artistic interest. Mr. H. F. Thomas lent two oil paintings, of 

 his own, of English and Irish landscapes, and Mr. Gray some 

 sketches of Carlingford and some Continental scenes. There 

 were also fine drawings by Stannus and other artists, lent by 

 various members of the club. 



The library was entirely occupied by the drawings and 

 sketches, many of them of great merit, kindly lent by the 

 members of the School of Art Sketching Club, which, under 

 the able direction of its president, Mr. Trobridge, gives promise 

 of a most useful co-operation with the Naturalists' Field Club 

 in the outdoor study of the wonders and beauty of nature. 



