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went on to give a considerable number of charms and spells for 

 affections of the body, such as erysipelas, strains, and toothache, 

 many of them being very laughable — for instance, to cure a 

 stye'in the eye, rub it with the tail of a black cat. Spiders 

 were also most valuable as medicine. The lecture was attentively 

 listened^to by a good audience. 



\j March, 1896. 



A meeting was held on the evening of S. Patrick's day, when 

 Professor Grenville A. J. Cole, M.R.I. A., F.G.S., President of 

 the Dublin Field Club, read a short paper, entitled " A General 

 Account of the Rhyolites of Co. Antrim, with lantern 

 illustrations of other Rhyolitic areas in the British Isles " ; after 

 which the evening was devoted to a display of Microscopical 

 objects. 



The following is a list of the exhibits and exhibitors : — Rev. 

 John Andrew, rock sections ; F. De V. Kane, A.M., pterocotyle 

 palmata and pedicillariae W. dorocideris papillite ; J. J. Andrew, 

 L,D.S., micro-photographs; Miss M. K. Andrews, rock-forming 

 minerals ; Miss S. M. Thompson and Mrs. Blair, rock sections ; 

 J. O. Campbell, B.E., leucitic lava and other igneous rocks; 

 W. B. Drummond, M.B., microscopic forms of marine life; W. 

 D. Donnan, M.B., (1) fresh water algae, (2) free-swimming 

 rotifers; P. F. Gulbransen, (1) living animalculae, (2) various 

 forms of pollen ; W. A. Firth and Lakes Roscorla, diatoms ; 

 James Murdoch, plant structures; William Gray, M.R.I.A., 

 and A. M'J. Cleland, miscellaneous ; James Stelfox and W. S. 

 McKee, living rotifers ; J. Lorrain Smith, M.D., pathogenic 

 organisms ; Cecil Shaw, M.D., and H M'Cleery, pond life ; 

 Joseph Wright, F.G.S., pelagic foraminifera. There was a large 

 attendance, and much interest taken in the exhibits. 



