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(1696) of the Long Bridge, from the Museum collection, and 

 one of the wooden water pipes that supplied the old foun- 

 tain in Fountain Street. Mr. Ewart lent several old maps of 

 Belfast and the adjacent counties, and Mr. J. Stelfox a map of 

 Belfast and the Lough, showing a scheme of military and naval 

 evolutions planned by the Volunteers in 178 1. A number of 

 graphic sketches of coast and river scenery in the vicinity were 

 contributed by Mr. George Trobridge. Mr. W. Swanston, F.G.S., 

 lent some landscapes by Stannus, and a series of framed 

 engravings of O'Neill's Irish crosses. Amongst other artistic 

 contributions were a fine series of drawings of the bills and feet 

 of birds executed by Mr. C. Bennington, and lent by Mr. F. 

 Wrathall. Of exhibits illustrating the natural history and 

 archaeological work of members of the Club, there were a large 

 variety. Mr. C. Bulla showed a collection of flint and other 

 implements. Mr. W. Gray, M.R.I. A., showed a set of flint 

 implements, and also the various stages and methods of mak- 

 ing gun flints, &c. He also showed a case illustrating the pro- 

 fusion of the lower forms of marine life. Mr. D. M'Kee showed 

 a fine collection of Cretaceous fossils. Mr. S. F. Milligan, 

 M.R.I.A., showed a number of bronze weapons, a bronze 

 rivetted pot, and other utensils, and a finely illuminated Roman 

 missal, probably of the fourteenth century. Mr. J. Hamilton 

 exhibited the eggs, larvae, and imago of an American moth, 

 Bombyx cecropia, hatched, reared, and brought to perfection in 

 this country. He also showed the curious nest of the tarantula 

 spider, and several other curiosities lent by Captain Barkeley. 

 Professor Everett, D.C.L., F.R.S., kindly lent a number of 

 scientific appliances, which were exhibited in operation by Mr. 

 Pinkerton, and were the source of much interest during the 

 evening. At nine o'clock Mr. W. Nicholl and Mr. R. Welch 

 exhibited a number of lantern transparencies illustrating Old 

 Belfast, as well as other subjects. 



The microscopes were not so fully represented as on former 

 occasions. Mr. J. J. Andrew, L.D.S., &c, exhibited a "rock- 

 ing microtome," for cutting sections, and in the microscope, 

 sections of the pistil of the white lily, cut by this beautiful 



