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The President replied in the affirmative. He estimated that 

 people frequently consumed three parts of animal food to one of 

 vegetable, and they would be much healthier if the proportions 

 were reversed. They heard of vegetarians, but there could be no 

 such thing as vegetarianism. They all took milk, which was 

 animal food, and butter which was also an animal product, and 

 they ate eggs in large quantities. 



The Eev. E. Hussey thought it should be impressed upon people 

 that gluttony was a vice as well as drunkenness. Boys especially 

 were tempted to over-eat themselves — they were like puppy dogs 

 — if they put a certain amount before them they ate mitil they 

 made themselves sick. It was very wrong. 



The President said there were grown up dogs who were quite as 

 bad as the puppies (laughter). Still the practice was very repre- 

 hensible, 



A vote of thanks to the President terminated the proceedings. 



Tuesday, Maech 2nd, 1886. 



There was a good attendance at the Town Hall, Dr. Bowles, V.P. 

 in the chair. A paper of considerable length was read by J. 

 Smurthwaite, Esq., on ''Darwin anilHs opinions," in which the 

 writer agreed with Darwin generally, but stopped short at the 

 " Descent of Man,'' in which he considered the author had 

 generahzed rather hastily. 



A short discussion followed in which the chairman, secretary, 

 and Mr. Walton took part. The two latter took exception to the 

 remarks on Darwin's hastiness, believing him to have been one of 

 the most careful and exact men of our time, and one whose induc- 

 tion was very wide. 



Tuesday, April 6th, 1886. 



The attendance was rather scanty. In the absence of the 

 President and Vice-Presidents, the Rev. C. Bosanquet was voted 

 into the chair, and a short paper was read by the Rev. J. R. Duke, 

 M.A., on " Man in his relation to the lower animals." The subject 

 was treated from an a priori point of view, showing that similarities 

 of structure between man and the lower creatures might have been 

 expected, and need not necessarily imply physical relationship. 



