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Mr. W. Gray, M.R.I.A., exhibited some cavern deposits from 

 North Wales, recently presented to him for the town museum. 

 The flint implements found in conjunction with the bones of 

 extinct animals presented, he says, a more convincing evidence 

 of human antiquity than any that he has before met with. 



Two cases of exquisitely mounted specimens of seaweed were 

 exhibited by Mrs. J. Stelfox, and Mr. Stelfox showed a fine set 

 of photographs of the Antrim coast, taken by him during the 

 past summer. Some of these of the caves and arches of the 

 white rocks, Portrush, were very striking illustrations of the 

 work of denudation incessantly being carried on by the Atlantic 

 waves. 



The Rev. Mr. Andrew exhibited a pendulograph, and 

 explained the rythmic properties of this curious instrument. 



A number of members, as usual, had their microscopes at 

 work. Amongst these Mr. J, J. Andrew, L.D.S.E., exhibited 

 the blood system of the frog ; the Rev. H. W. Lett, M.A., the 

 mosses, and especially the sphagnum, or peat moss, showing the 

 various stages in the formation of peat. 



Mr. Glen showed a number of sections of precious stones 

 with polarised light. Mr. I. W. Ward and Mr. Gray, amongst 

 other objects, a number of slides to illustrate the special feature 

 of the evening, such as sections of spines of the Echinoder- 

 mata, &c. 



Mr. Joseph Wright, F.G.S., exhibited a number of Foramin- 

 ifera, mostly the result of the dredgings taken in deep water 

 during the cruise of the S.S." Lord Bandon," ofi" the south-west 

 coast last July. Amongst those a dimorphous Foraminifer, 

 —'Amphycorhynephalx is quite new to British waters, having 

 never hitherto been found in the North Atlantic. 



The literature belonging to the Club derived from exchanges 

 with various scientific societies is getting very bulky, and the 

 more recent contributions were laid upon the tables in the 

 library. Amongst these are a variety of Reports of extreme 

 value presented by the Government of Canada, and various sur- 

 veys of the United States and their territories, containing a mass 

 of information, hardly as much appreciated as it might be, upon 



