MEETINGS. 119 



Mr. Gr. T. Derrick read a paper on the " Antiquities of 

 Aldernej," which is printed in the following pages. So many 

 points for discussion arose out of it, that it was decided to 

 reopen the subject at the next meeting. 



The President announced the arrangements which had 

 been made by the Council for special excursions during the 

 summer months, principally for the benefit of the junior 

 members. 



Monthly Meeting held on April 18th, 1906, Mr. F. L, Tanner 



in the chair. 



Col. Grant De Jersey and Mr. A. Falla were unani- 

 mously elected members of the Society. 



Miss Ceilings exhibited a quantity of dust which was 

 found on the 17th instant coating the shrubs in a garden at 

 Clifton, in this island. It resembled a sample of volcanic dust 

 collected at Barbados after the terrible eruption of Mont 

 Pelee, and it was conjectured that this might have come from 

 Mount Vesuvius which had lately been in active eruption, 

 similar deposits having recently fallen in Devonshire. The 

 garden faces the sea, and has an easterly exposure. 



Mr. Derrick gave an account of a cist discovered at Bas 

 Sejour, Catel, in 1885, with urns found near it. He also read 

 a detailed description of the bronze weapons and implements 

 from Aldemey, contained in the (jaudion Collection, now in 

 the Museum. A discussion ensued on various topics connected 

 with Alderney Antiquities. 



A specimen was exhibited of a parasitic Isopod Crusta- 

 cean Anilocra mediterranea, recently found at Bordeaux 

 Harbour by Mr. E. Sharp. It is a comparatively large species, 

 about an inch and a half long, not rare in these islands, and 

 usually attacks the Wrasses, or Kock Fishes. 



Monthly Meeting held on October 17th, 1906, Rev. W, C. 

 Penney, President, in the chair. 



Dr. Macphun Semple was unanimously elected a member 

 of the Society. 



Rev. G. E. Lee exhibited some stalactites six inches long, 

 which had been found in a certain cave in Sark on the 

 western side. He would not further describe the cave, lest 

 the stalactites should disappear, but it might be stated that 

 this cave was so difficult of access that he could not go down 

 to it. He believed this was the first record of the discovery 



