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undertake the arrangement of the same, and to pay certain expenses 

 out of their subscriptions and funds in aid thereof. 



2iid — That having regard to the heavy expenses which will be 

 entailed upon the Society by the strict conditions of the Council, and 

 to the great labour Which will at the same time fall upon the members 

 of the Society individually, and no pecuniary assistance whatever 

 feeing offered by the Council towards the object of so much importance 

 ito the town, the Society with great reluctance must decline to accede 

 to the conditions imposed by the Council. 



3rd— That the Society regret that their efforts to utilize the coUec- 

 tion neglected for so many years, and greatly injured from want of care, 

 have been received with so little sympathy by the members of the 

 Council, and hope that the Council will be induced themselves to estab- 

 lish the museum for the tovm on a proper footing. 



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Wednesday, June z\th, 1868. — Members met in the evening 

 at the Half Way Rocks, where an exceedingly interesting 

 paper by Mrs. Bateman on the "Wonder of the Deep" was 

 read by the Rev. C. L. Acland. A cordial vote of thanks to 

 both writer and reader was passed, and two hours were. spent 

 in examining the objects left bare by the receding tide. 



Saturday, August ist. — Members met at Victoria Grove, and 

 traced the Bayle stream nearly to its source. Our readers will 

 recollect the popular error connected with this stream and the 

 legend as well. The water is said to run up hill, and in fact 

 is believed to do so by many people; the cause of this pheno- 

 menon is found in the following legend: — A religious house 

 on the Bayle had great difficulty in obtaining water, S. Eans- 

 withe exerting her miraculous influence, went to a spring 

 situated at the foot of the hill, and caused the water to follow 

 her to the Bayle, where it formed the present pond, and still 

 .tinues to feed it. To any one standing by the side of the 

 .ream and looking towards its source, it does seem to be 

 flowing up hill ; this is a curious optical illusion arisin^^ "i 

 the nature of the ground. 



