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otherwise, showing spores, etc. ; Mr. W. D. Donnan, marine 

 life ; Mr. William Gray, M.R.I.A., Hydra; Mr. P. F. Gulbran- 

 sen, Infusoria ; Mr. William Hanna, B.A., structure of sponges ; 

 Mr. John Jacques, crystals under polarised light ; Mr. H. 

 M'Cleery, insect eggs, skin of sole, and other opaque objects ; 

 Mr. W. S. M'Kee, eggs of molluscs, etc. ; Miss C. M. Patterson, 

 embryology of chick, illustrated with drawings ; Mr. Adam 

 Speers, B.Sc, vegetable sections and section-cutting ; Mr. Alex. 

 Tate, C.E., diatoms ; Mr. Robert Welch, marine Algae ; Mr. 

 Joseph Wright, F.G.S., Foraminifera, showing the variation in 

 size according to their habitat, some deep-sea specimens being 

 one thousand times larger than the same species taken near 

 shore. 



At nine o'clock a short business meeting was called, at which 

 the following new members were elected : — Mrs. Lancelot Shaw, 

 Rev. John MacDermott, Messrs. Andrew Adams, W. Aird, 

 Richard Brownlie, Nathaniel Carruthers, Arthur P. Hoskins, 

 F.I.C., Edward J. Morissey. After some announcements by the 

 secretaries, the work of the evening was resumed, after which 

 the company by degrees separated. 



The sixth meeting of the Winter Session was held in the 

 Museum, on April nth, the President in the chair, when the 

 evening was devoted to Irish Folk-lore. 



The first paper was " Pishogues from Tipperary," by Miss 

 Lily S. Mollan, and was read by the junior secretary. The 

 following is an abstract : — 



Some misfortune will befall the person who strikes a horse 

 with a hazel switch. 



If some salt is not thrown outside the door before churning, 

 no butter will come. 



When entering a house always say " God bless your work," 

 or some misfortune will come upon the inmates. 



