Proceedings. 99 



{Microscopical and Natural History Section.] 



Ordinary Meeting, February 12th, 1894. 



Mr. R. E. Cunliffe, President of the Section, in the Chair. 



Mr. ROGERS exhibited specimens of Egyptian cloth 

 from the Fayoum, twelve hundred years old. 



Mr. Bailey drew attention to the weaving and the 

 pattern, and suggested that it could only have been pro- 

 duced by means of a loom constructed on the Jacquard 

 principle. 



Mr. ROGERS also exhibited specimens of cotton silicate. 



Dr. Broadbent exhibited large specimens of cloth 

 prepared from the bark of trees, decorated with geometric 

 coloured patterns by the natives of the Samoa islands. 



Mr. Hyde exhibited several cockroaches found near the 

 Ship Canal at Ellesmere Port, supposed to have been 

 conveyed from the United States in cargo. 



