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telescope, making an image 5^ inches in diameter, of which the 

 prints were the full size. 



The meeting concluded by several of the members express- 

 ing their high appreciation of the views, the running com- 

 mentary upon them, and the suggestions as to the desirability 

 of preserving records of them in the club's albums. 



The fourth meeting of the winter session was held in the 

 Museum, on 28th February, when the evening was devoted 

 to the illustration of various departments of research by the 

 microscope. The circular inviting members engaged in mi- 

 croscopic work to bring their instruments, and exhibit and 

 explain the scientific objects in which they were specially 

 interested, was liberally responded to, and the tables in the 

 lecture room were fully occupied, while a large turn-out of non- 

 microscopic members and their friends, who followed with deep 

 interest the demonstrations on many branches of science 

 given by the exhibitors, completed the success of the meeting. 



Mr. D. M'Kee, and Mr. George Glen showed a number of 

 sections of rocks, minerals and precious stones. Mr. Joseph 

 Wright, F.G.S., exhibited Foraminifera taken in recent deep- 

 sea dredgings off the south-west of Ireland, several of the 

 species being new to science, and many of extreme rarity. Mr. 

 R. Welch devoted himself to the important branch of photo- 

 micography, and Mr. Geo. Donaldson to the exhibition of 

 a number of live objects. Messrs. J. Ward and W. A. Firth 

 chose the interesting group of the Dialomacece for demon- 

 stration ; Mr. Elliott showed a variety of histological subjects, 

 and Mr. J. J. Andrew, L.D.S., R.C.S., sections of teeth, recent 

 and fossil. The wonderful profusion of minute organisms that 

 abound in brackish water, with their never-ending activity and 

 apparently aimless hurryings to and fro, always form objects 

 of attraction and interest, and these were shown to advantage 

 by Mr. John Donaldson in samples of water from Victoria Park. 

 So great was the store of material, that it was late ere the 



