TRANSACTIONS OF THE SOCIETY. 



The Fourth Annual Soiree of the Society was held in the 

 Guille-Alles Lecture Hall on the 5th February, 1907. Not- 

 withstanding the bitterly cold weather the hall was well filled, 

 and the evening's entertainment gave the utmost pleasure to a 

 large and appreciative audience. Following the customary 

 arrangement four short lectures Avere delivered, each one 

 illustrated by means of electric lantern slides, and the intervals 

 between the lectures were pleasantly filled by a charming 

 variety of musical selections ably rendered by Miss Shaw, 

 Miss Hirschfeld, Miss Du Boulay, Fraulein Weizel and the 

 members of the Elizabeth College Choir. 



The newly-elected President of the Society, Rev. G. E. 

 Lee, F.S.A., in the course of seme introductory remarks spoke 

 of the solid and endiu-ing work which was being done by the 

 Society, and of Avhat it had achieved in the past, as attested 

 by the valuable records preserved in its Transactions during 

 the last fifteen or twenty years. Any provincial Society in 

 our country might well be proud to show such a record, and 

 therefore he felt that his elevation to the Presidentship was 

 one of the greatest honours that could be conferred upon him. 

 Personally he was unable to do much in the way of natural 

 science : his pet hobby was archaeology, but all kindred 

 subjects Avere of interest, especially such as local Folklore, 

 local dialects, legends, superstitions and other matters of that 

 kind wliich were noAv receiving the attention of some of the 

 members. It was Aery gratifying to know that the Society 

 had never been in a more prosperous and flourishing condition 

 than at the present time. 



The first Lecture, by the Rev. W. C. Penney, Principal 

 of Elizabeth College, Avas entitled "A Bird." In the skeleton 

 of a man, and the skeleton of a liorse, we find the bones 

 correspond in number and position, Avith certain modifications ; 

 and the skeleton of a bird agrees in the same way, but being 

 adapted for flight the bones of the breast and fore-arm are 

 more largely developed, and are also holloAv, to increase their 

 lightness and admit the passage of air. The Bat flies like a 



