WILSON ON THE EYE OF THE SEAL. 217 



FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 3, 1865. 



The Rev. S. Haughton, M. D., F. R. S., President, in the Chair. 



Read, the Minutes of the preceding Meeting, which were passed and 

 signed. 



Lieutenant-Colonel the Honourable Dayrolles Blakeney De Moleyns, 

 Burnham House, Dingle, was elected an Ordinary Member of the 

 Society. 



C. Gloyne, Esq., 5, Haddington-terrace, Dublin, was elected an As- 

 sociate Member of the Society. 



The following gentlemen were admitted Corresponding Members of 

 the Society : — Surgeon Alexander, R. N., Queenstown ; G. F. Brady, 

 F. R. C. S. E., Strabane; Rev. A. Delap, Milford; Lieutenant John 

 Haughton, R. A., St. Helena; J. S.Murray, Esq., Milford. 



On the motion of Mr. Andrews, V. P., seconded by Dr. Bennett, 

 it was 



Resolved, — That, inasmuch as a lecture by the eminent physiolo- 

 gist, Dr. Brown-Sequard, is to be delivered this evening at the College 

 of Physicians, and as the President and so many of the medical mem- 

 bers of the Society are desirous to be present thereat, this meeting, 

 without proceeding to any further business, be adjourned to Friday, the 

 10th of February, inst, the papers announced for this evening to be then 

 read. 



The Meeting then accordingly adjourned to Friday, the 10th of 

 February. 



FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 10, 1865. 



The Rev. S. Haughton, M. D., F.R. S., President, in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed. 



The following paper was then read : — 



On the Steectuee of the Eye of the Seal. Bv Henry Wilson, 

 F.R. C.S.I. 



I am indebted to the kindness of the President of this Society for the oppor- 

 tunity of examining the Seal's eye, and for the privilege of bringing under 

 your notice the present communication. As many of you are aware, 

 Dr. Haughton purchases, for scientific purposes, at his own expense, the 

 majority of the animals which die in the Gardens of the Zoological So- 

 ciety ; and he furnishes us from time to time, when his other numerous 

 and arduous avocations will permit, with the results of his investigations. 

 Thus many new facts in the province of comparative anatomy have 



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