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  Geological 
  Society 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  own 
  excellent 
  writings, 
  has 
  enabled 
  hiui 
  to 
  produce 
  a 
  work 
  which 
  

   must 
  prove 
  of 
  great 
  utility 
  to 
  the 
  ever 
  increasing 
  class 
  of 
  amateur 
  

   observers. 
  He 
  dilates 
  on 
  Naked-eye 
  Astronomy, 
  The 
  Telescope 
  

   and 
  its 
  employment, 
  the 
  Moon, 
  Planets, 
  the 
  Sun, 
  Comets 
  and 
  

   Meteors, 
  the 
  Sidereal 
  Firmament, 
  Astronomical 
  Photography 
  ; 
  and 
  

   the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  book 
  contains 
  a 
  memoir 
  of 
  that 
  able, 
  amiable, 
  and 
  

   greatly 
  respected 
  friend 
  of 
  the 
  amateur 
  astronomer, 
  the 
  Eev. 
  T. 
  

   W. 
  Webb. 
  A. 
  mass 
  of 
  accurate 
  aud 
  recent 
  information 
  is 
  con- 
  

   tained 
  in 
  these 
  pages, 
  and 
  everyone 
  who 
  makes 
  astronomy 
  a 
  hobby 
  

   and 
  possesses 
  a 
  telescope 
  should 
  procure 
  the 
  book. 
  It 
  is 
  useful 
  as 
  

   a 
  reliable 
  means 
  of 
  reference 
  in 
  regard 
  to 
  past 
  events 
  and 
  the 
  

   position 
  of 
  the 
  science 
  to-day, 
  while 
  it 
  also 
  points 
  out 
  the 
  road 
  to 
  

   new 
  discoveries. 
  The 
  volume 
  bears 
  evidence 
  of 
  careful 
  revision, 
  

   and 
  contains 
  Aery 
  few 
  misstatements 
  or 
  misprints. 
  On 
  p. 
  3 
  we 
  

   notice 
  Fomalhant 
  instead 
  of 
  Fomalhaut. 
  It 
  is 
  stated 
  on 
  p. 
  29 
  that 
  

   Herschel's 
  highest 
  magnifier 
  (6000) 
  was 
  applied 
  to 
  his 
  largest 
  

   instrument 
  (48-inch) 
  ; 
  but 
  the 
  power 
  was 
  really 
  tried 
  on 
  a 
  

   6-3-inch 
  of 
  7 
  feet 
  focal 
  length 
  in 
  1782. 
  It 
  was 
  employed 
  upon 
  

   a 
  Lyrae, 
  and 
  was 
  thought 
  to 
  be 
  6450 
  ; 
  but 
  a 
  later 
  determination 
  

   made 
  it 
  5787. 
  On 
  p. 
  Q6 
  Lassell 
  and 
  Bond 
  are 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  dis- 
  

   covered 
  a 
  seventh 
  and 
  eighth 
  moon 
  to 
  Saturn 
  : 
  but 
  only 
  one 
  satellite 
  

   was 
  found 
  by 
  them 
  in 
  1848. 
  On 
  p. 
  ] 
  03 
  Canis 
  Venat. 
  should 
  be 
  

   Canes 
  Venat. 
  and 
  on 
  p. 
  98, 
  Kreuger 
  should 
  be 
  Krueger. 
  These 
  

   are, 
  however, 
  very 
  trivial 
  blemishes 
  in 
  a 
  generally 
  very 
  accurate 
  

   handbook 
  which 
  we 
  believe 
  will 
  admirably 
  fulfil 
  the 
  purpose 
  for 
  

   which 
  it 
  is 
  intended 
  and 
  become 
  the 
  vade 
  mecum 
  of 
  the 
  astronomical 
  

   amateur. 
  

  

  XXXIII. 
  Proceedings 
  of 
  Learned 
  Societies. 
  

  

  GEOLOGICAL 
  SOCIETY. 
  

   [Continued 
  from 
  vol. 
  xliv. 
  p. 
  443.] 
  

  

  November 
  3rd, 
  1897.— 
  Dr. 
  Henry 
  Hicks, 
  F.B.S., 
  President, 
  

  

  in 
  the 
  Chair, 
  

  

  THE 
  following 
  communication 
  was 
  read 
  : 
  — 
  

   1. 
  ' 
  A 
  Contribution 
  to 
  the 
  Palaeontology 
  of 
  the 
  Decapod 
  Crus- 
  

   tacea 
  of 
  England.' 
  By 
  the 
  late 
  James 
  Carter, 
  F.B.C.S., 
  F.G.S. 
  

  

  November 
  17th. 
  — 
  Dr. 
  Henry 
  Hicks, 
  F.B.S., 
  President, 
  

   in 
  the 
  Chair. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  communications 
  were 
  read 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  1. 
  ' 
  The 
  Geology 
  of 
  Botuma.' 
  By 
  J. 
  Stanley 
  Gardiner, 
  Esq., 
  B.A. 
  

  

  The 
  author 
  describes 
  the 
  relationship 
  of 
  the 
  island 
  of 
  Botuma 
  

   (situated 
  in 
  lat. 
  12° 
  30' 
  S., 
  long. 
  177° 
  1' 
  E.) 
  to 
  the 
  adjoining 
  isles. 
  

   It 
  is 
  almost 
  separated 
  into 
  two 
  parts, 
  which 
  are 
  united 
  by 
  a 
  narrow 
  

   neck 
  of 
  sand. 
  The 
  interior 
  is 
  composed 
  of 
  volcanoes, 
  which 
  have 
  

   emitted 
  lavas 
  and 
  fragmental 
  rocks. 
  Around 
  the 
  volcanic 
  rocks 
  are 
  

  

  