98 TRANSACTIONS LIVERPOOL BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 
This book, among others, was presented to the University 
Library in 1906 by the widow of John Aikin. | 
The first page of the prospectus is headed by the symbol 
of the Club, which is here reproduced. 
In his ‘Memoir of Edward Forbes” (1861), Wilson 
says :—‘‘ We have seen... .. what an affection he [Forbes] 
had for a trinity of thmgs, and how lovingly from his earliest 
years he used to sketch the triangular symbol of his native 
island. This fondness found ample field for its exercise in 
the organisation of the brotherhood, which, doubtless, owed 
its form mainly to him. The Order was founded on the ninth 
day of the third month, its symbol was the triangle, its motto 
a triad, its ceremonial officers nine, the hour of its meeting 
three minutes past nine, and so on.” 
