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The President then briefly directed attention to some of the 

 objects lent for exhibition, and called upon the various exhibi- 

 tors to give a short description of the objects shown. 



Mr. John Hamilton called attention to a specimen of the 

 Atlas moth, from India, reared by him in Belfast. Owing to 

 the continuous warmth and other conditions required, the 

 rearing of these tropical insects is attended with considerable 

 uncertainty, and demands very close attention to ensure 

 success. 



Mr. Charles Bulla described a set of carboniferous fish 

 remains, chiefly teeth and bony gums, spines, &c., the majority 

 from the limestone of Armagh, and also showed several illus- 

 trated books on the subject. He showed in addition a history 

 of Ireland during the reign of Henry VIIL, printed in black 

 letter towards the end of the sixteenth century. 



Mr. Joseph Lewis exhibited and described a number of 

 photographs, and processes illustrating photo-lithography. 



The Hon. Secretary (Mr. F. W. Lock wood) then briefly 

 called attention to the canoe found during the past summer in 

 Lough Mourne, and kindly presented to the Club by the 

 chairman and members of the Belfast Water Board. This 

 canoe, which was placed on a side-table, is 12 feet 8 inches 

 long, 2 feet 6 inches wide, and 9 inches deep in the inside. It 

 is hollowed out of a single trunk of oak, and is of the same 

 width throughout, flat-bottomed, and square both at stem and 

 stern, being exactly the shape of the fishing punts so common 

 in the Thames at the present day. At even distances along 

 the centre of the bottom are six round holes, very clearly 

 bored, about fin. in diameter. The canoe appears to have 

 been shaped chiefly by the axe. Various suggestions have 

 been made, both as to the use of these holes and as to the age 

 to which the canoe belongs. One theory would bring it down 

 to the time of Queen Elizabeth ; another would make it per- 

 haps double that age. 



Mr. Wm. Gray, M.R.I.A., &c., next called attention to the 

 set of drawings made by him for the forthcoming annual report 



