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Lisburn, a very uncommon casual in the North-East of Ireland. 

 The seeds of Elating hydropiper were exhibited by W. Gray, 

 M.R.I.A. At various other tables exhibits were made by 

 Professor Symington of hand-power lenses for low-power work ; 

 H. Gore Cuthbert, terminal cells of Colletes pisistigma from 

 Castlegregory; Professor T.Johnston, slime fungi ; J. Vinycomb, 

 book-plates; John Adams, fresh plants ; L. M. Ewart, beetles 

 and large grasshoppers, collected in the Ligurian Riviera, 

 1898 ; S. N. Carpenter, B.Sc, the nest of Atvfus ficeus. Dr. 

 Scharff and Mr. Welch also exhibited specimens of Mysis 

 relicta, which they recently dredged in Lough Neagh. 1 hese 

 are new to the British fauna as living animals. 



At nine o'clock the President CRev. C. H. Waddell) made a 

 few remarks on the objects and aims of the Club, after which 

 the lights were lowered and a lantern display given. All the 

 lantern slides were illustrative of the Club's excursions during 

 the past summer. Wm. Gray exhibited and described a series 

 of lantern slides of views taken by him at the local excursions. 

 W. J. Fennell dealt with the local excursions and the Irish 

 Field Club Union's excursion to Kerry, followed by J. St. J. 

 Phillips on the same excursion. All the Kerry views were 

 original, and were taken during the past summer to illustrate 

 natural history and archaeology or some striking incidents. 

 The lantern was manipulated with great skill by A. H. Hogg, 

 of Lizars.' 



During the evening many of the visitors remarked on the 

 suitability of the Free Library and Museum for meetings of 

 this kind, and not a few regretted that meetings of such 

 societies as the Field Club, which go to further the objects of 

 Free Library and Museum, by bringing instruction into our 

 midst, were not held oftener in this building. All appreciated 

 the action of the library Committee in granting the use of the 

 building for the occasion. The Secretaries of the club got 

 every help from the librarian, G. H. Elliott and his assistants, 

 to whom much credit is due for the smooth working of all the 

 arrangements. 



