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Winter Session. 



Note. — The Authors of the various Papers of which abstracts 

 are given, are alone responsible for the vieivs expressed in them. 



ANNUAL CONVERSAZIONE. 



On 27th October the Club inaugurated its Forty-seventh 

 Winter Session by a Conversazione, which was held in the 

 Assembly Hall, Assembly Buildings, over three hundred and fifty 

 members and friends attending. Tea was served by Mr. Fred 

 Henry, of Ye Olde Castle Restaurant. A pleasing innovation at 

 Field Club conversaziones was the organ recital given during the 

 evening by Mr. Thomas H. Crowe. Programme : — March from 

 " Carmen " (Bizet) ; Overture in B (Smart) ; Air, " Holsworthy 

 Church Bells " (Wesley) ; March, " Coronation " (Meyerbeer) ; 

 Overture to the " Occasional Oratorio " (Handel) ; Bridal March, 

 "Lohengrin " (Wagner). A display of scientific exhibits occupied 

 the entire body of the hall, which proved pre-eminently suited for 

 such a purpose. Throughout the evening the various exhibitors 

 gave informal lecturettes to those interested. 



The Zoological Section was specially strong in microscopic 

 exhibits. Mr. Maxwell's exhibit of living microscopic pond and 

 marine life contained examples of Melicerta ringens, Stephanoceros 

 eichormi, Floscularia campanulata, Volvox globator, Plumularia, 

 Sertularia, Flustrella, and Pedicellina. Of equal value and interest 

 was the microscopic exhibit of living fresh water Protozoa by 

 Professor Gregg Wilson, D.Sc, and the specially beautiful slides 

 shown by Mr. W. J. Dakin, M.Sc, illustrating the development 

 of the plaice, and the method by which malarial fever is 



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