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Before the meeting a number of members assembled for 

 the usual " Half -hour Science Gossip." Mr. Cunningham ex- 

 hibited an abnormality in the dentition of a human skull 

 brought from the Seychelles Islands, while many other mem- 

 bers exhibited objects of interest. 



SHORT PAPERS. 



The fourth meeting of the Winter Session was held on the 

 21st January, when a number of short papers were brought 

 before the members on a variety of topics. Mr. W. H. 

 Phillips presided. 



Mr. George E. Reilly dealt with " Some recent discoveries 

 at the crannoges of Lough Mourne." In a brief outline he 

 described the investigations that were conducted by some 

 members of the Club in former years, a record of which is to 

 be found in their Proceedings. This he supplemented by 

 describing discoveries made during the past two years, when 

 many objects of antiquarian interest were recovered from the 

 bed of the lough. Some of these objects Mr. Reilly pro- 

 duced for examination, while drawings of others were shown. 

 These objects consisted of a bronze pin with Celtic ornament, 

 a twisted handle, a wrought fishhook, specimens of pottery, 

 including fragments of a large crucible, sinking stones, a 

 rough stone axe, and others. The paper gave rise to a short 

 discussion, in which Mr. Gray and Mr. Swanston took part. 



The second paper was by Miss M. K. Andrews, dealing with 

 encroachment of the sea on the land. This paper was illus- 

 trated by some excellent lantern slides. The first view was 

 of Fair Head, in County Antrim. Its vertical face has been 

 determined by the structure of the dolerite, which has yielded 

 along the vertical division planes. The shores of Colliery Bay 

 show an excellent example of a plain of marine denudation — a 

 sm9oth platform of rock reduced to average tide level by the 

 action of the sea and by atmospheric waste. A series of slides 

 was shown in which the genesis of sea-stacks could be traced 

 from the cleft in the rock, which the sea enlarged into a cave 

 or natural arch. The work was then taken up by atmospheric 



