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cretaceous and other fossils from Saxony; Rev. P. Quail, rock 

 specimens; Mr. W. B. Wright, B.A., Ailsa Craig rock from 

 Ballyhill. 



Miscellaneous. — Miss Andrews, old coins; Mr. C. Bulla, 

 old Irish sword-stick from Ardboe, and bones from Donegal 

 caves and River Blackwater ; Mr. W. A. Green, Irish bog butter, 

 mounted photographs ; Mr. A. R. Hogg, animated photographs 

 of natural history subjects; Miss L. Lamb, photographs of two 

 round towers at Ravenna, a few photographs of Italian 

 churches showing interlaced patterns in stone work ; Mr. Robt. 

 Patterson, M.R.I.A., autographs of members of the " Red 

 Lion Club " present at the Belfast meeting of British Asso- 

 ciation, 1852; Mr. John C. W. Reid, old Irish cross-bow and 

 Dublin-made pistols; Mr. George E. Reilly, African bark-cloth, 

 made by natives ; Mr. R. Welch, evolution of the Irish outside 

 car, wedding dance-masks from West Coast of Ireland, photo- 

 graphs taken at the Club's summer excursions. Mr. Kilpatrick 

 exhibited a number of photographs taken during the recent 

 meeting of the British Association. 



Punctually at 9-30 the President, Mr. F. J. Bigger, 

 M.R.I. A., took the chair, and delivered a short address. 

 After welcoming the Delegates from the Dublin Naturalists' 

 Field Club, the representative of the Londonderry Literary 

 and Scientific Society, and the newly-appointed Professor of 

 Natural History in Queen's College (Professor Gregg Wilson, 

 D.Sc), Mr, Bigger went on to refer to the recent meeting of 

 the British Association in Belfast, and stated that certain 

 members of the Club worked whole-heartedly during the week 

 of the visit, and contributed in no small degree to the success 

 of the meeting. He also referred to the " Handbook " which 

 was written for the meeting by members of the Club, and 

 described it as a most valuable scientific guide to this district. 

 He drew the attention of members to the new feature intro- 

 duced by the Secretaries at that meeting for the first time — 

 viz., the bookstall, where the Club's literature was on sale all 

 evening. Here could be bought the Club's " Proceedings " 

 and papers, the new Handbook, the " Irish Naturalist," and 



