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habitants of a kraal. He also referred to the fine specimens at 

 Dordrecht. Had any arrangements been made for photographing 

 these paintings ? 



The President could not answer this question without referring 

 to the list. A fine painting had been destroyed on the Wodehouse 

 Division by a farmer, who, doubtless with the best intentions, had 

 varnished it, and the chemical action had helped to destroy it. The 

 President went on to say that he was in possession of what seemed 

 a paint-box, which had been used by Bushmen. This was found in 

 Mashonaland, and he intended eventually to present it to the 

 Museum. When arrangements for photographing the Bushman 

 paintings were completed, he hoped that every member of the 

 Society would assist in the work, which would take a long time. 

 He hoped, however, that in the end they would get something like 

 a fair record of these paintings. 



Some notes on the natural history of some Natal plants, by Mr. 

 Maueice S. Evans, F.Z.S., were held over until the next meeting of 

 the Society. 



Dr. Maeloth read some notes by Mr. J. Meiring, of Worcester, 

 on some experiments with the active principle of Mesembryanthe- 

 mum Tortuosum, L. This plant, which goes under the broad 

 designation of Hottentot's Kauwgoed, grows in the Karroo, and, 

 like many other Cape plants, it has great medicinal virtues ascribed 

 to it, chief of which are its soporific influence on young children, 

 and its curative and quieting effect on them when suffering from 

 acidity. 



Dr. Marloth injected a certain quantity of the liquid into a 

 frog, and showed its soporific influence. 



Oedinary Monthly Meeting. 



Wednesday, November 25, 1896. 



Present:— Mr. T. Mum, LL.D., M.A., F.K.S.E., President, and 

 twenty-one members. 



Dr. Mum proceeded to rehearse what had been said at previous 

 meetings on the subject of the Rontgen rays, and gave the history of 

 the theory which led to the discovery ; after which Dr. J. H. M. 

 Beck and Professor Holm gave a successful display of the rays in 

 conjunction with a large fluorescent screen. 



Dr. Maeloth gave an account of a new South African plant, 



