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supernatural element, especially in the stories of the fairies, but 

 the same may be said of the tales of witches in the seventeenth 

 century. The witch was believed, and sometimes believed herself, 

 to possess superhuman powers, and to be in communication with 

 unearthly beings. With the widespread belief in local spirits a 

 taller race of invaders might well fear the magic of any earlier 

 people being settled in this country, even if the latter were inferior 

 in bodily and mental characteristics. (Applause.) 



Miss Butler, a visitor from Kerry, kindly showed a number 

 of very clever water-colour drawings of stone circles, standing 

 stones, souterrains, &c, from different parts of Ireland, but 

 principally from Kerry, and also two drawings of stone circles 

 from India, very similar in character to those found at home. 

 The drawings were examined with much interest, and a 

 discussion followed. 



The Chairman, Mrs. Hobson, Miss Butler, and Messrs. W. 

 J. Fennell, M.R.I.A.; Robert May; E. J. M'Kean, B.L.; and John 

 M. Dickson criticised the paper very keenly, at the same time 

 expressing their pleasure at the able manner in which Miss 

 Andrews had treated the subject. Miss Andrews having suitably 

 replied, the meeting was brought to a close. 



"VOLCANOES AND VOLCANIC ACTION." 



The fourth meeting of the Winter Session was held in the 

 Museum, College Square North, on Tuesday evening, 18th 

 February, for the purpose of hearing a lecture on the above 

 subject by Mr. Thomas Dewhurst, A.R.C.Sc. (Lond.), of Queen's 

 College. 



Mr. Robert Patterson, F.L.S., who occupied the chair, said 

 since last they met in that room they had sustained a severe loss 

 by the death of Mr. Richard Hanna, who had joined the Club in 

 1885, and who had been a constant attender at their meetings 



