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and then carried out that complex plan. The most sagacious 

 of the lower animals have never been able to lay down and 

 work out the plan of a watch, much less could a tiny cell of 

 protoplasm. Surely there must have been a watchmaker who 

 planned and developed these little springs, and timed them to 

 commence to go just at the proper moment to carry out the 

 purpose of their existence and scatter the spores far and wide to 

 the winds. And we prefer to call this Artificer, this Mind, that 

 is hidden behind the organism, God, rather than *' nature" or 

 " life," or the " laws of nature," because it is more in accord- 

 ance with true science so to do, for these terms represent mere 

 abstractions of the mind that men use to cloak their ignorance. 



The paper was illustrated by a series of dried specimens and 

 by drawings. An interesting discussion took place on the sub- 

 ject treated of in the paper. 



Mr. Joseph Wright, F.G.S., exhibited some specimens of 

 Cretaceous Foraminifera from Keady Hill, County Derry, a 

 locality exceedingly rich in these forms. These species were 

 additional to those already published as occurring in the 

 chalk of Ireland, and are of great interest. The following 

 is a list of the names of those already identified : — Thuram- 

 mina papillata^ Lagena globosa^ Glaudulina Icevigata^ Rkab- 

 dogonium tricarinatum, Polymorthina cylindrica^ P. gibba^ 

 Orbulina universa, Pullenia sphceroides^ and Gaudryina^ new 

 species. This latter is a very beautiful form, in appearance 

 somewhat resembling Textularia crispata figured in the Chal- 

 lenger Report on Foraminifera. 



The paper was discussed at some length, after which Mr. 

 Wright briefly replied. The Secretary announced that the 

 business of the next meeting would be studies under the micro- 

 scope. The meeting then concluded. 



The fifth meeting for the Session was held in the Museum, 

 College Square North, on Tuesday evening, 17th March — Mr. 

 Mann Harbison in the chair. The business of the evening was 

 an entire departure from the ordinary routine of papers and 



