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district, and was a centre of much interest. On the same 

 table was a beautiful series of botanical specimens and insects 

 from the Holy Land, exhibited by the Rev. Robert Workman. 

 The Rev. John Andrew showed a book of patterns, some of 

 them very beautiful, traced by the pendulograph. An electric 

 pump was also exhibited at work by Mr. Woodside. Dr. 

 Luther, who has recently returned from the Luther celebrations 

 in Germany, exhibited a photographic group (in which he 

 figures) of the principal descendants of the great Reformer. 



Some Peruvian antiquities and a curious Irish hammer were 

 shown by Mr. Milligan. 



Mr. SwANSTON, F.G.S., Secretary of the Club, showed a fine 

 series of Silurian fossils and graptolites from Dumfriesshire, and 

 a large album full of striking photographs of Irish scenery and 

 antiquities. Amongst the members of the Club who illustrated 

 various branches of natural history by means of their micro- 

 scopes were Messrs. W. A. Firth, D. M'Kee, J. Wright, F.G.S., 

 and Isaac W. Ward, and the latter gentleman also showed a 

 rough pen and ink sketch of the planet Saturn and his rings, 

 taken by him with the aid of the telescope on the previous 

 evening. 



The second meeting of the Winter Session was held in the 

 Museum, College Square North, on i8th December — the Presi- 

 dent (Mr. W. H. Patterson, M.R.I. A.) occupying the chair. The 

 business of the evening was a lecture on " Antiquities in Mayo, 

 Gal way, and the Arran Islands," by Mr. Charles Elcock. 



Around the walls of the lecture-hall of the Museum a large 

 number of rubbings and tracings of monumental antiquities were 

 arranged. The lecturer commenced by stating that the journey 

 during which he had found the various objects represented on 

 the walls was through portions of the Counties Sligo, Mayo, 

 and Galway. After defining the meaning which he attached 

 to the terms "rath," "dun," "lis," "cashel," and "cahir," 

 he said it had been found that there were 244 townlands in 



