MEETINGS. 305 



Miss S. Guille, Mrs. N. Parker, Mr. P. De Baugy, Mr. 

 Charles Blampied, Mr. Julius Bishop, and Dr. R, A. Coles. 



Dr. W. Duncan, who some years ago resided in British 

 Guiana, read a most interesting- paper entitled " Home life 

 among the Caribs," exhibiting objects and drawings to 

 illustrate his subject. The domestic occupations of the 

 Indians of Guiana, their peculiar modes of fishing and 

 hunting, the preparation of their food, their methods of 

 warfare, and their social festivities, were successively described 

 by the lecturer, who dwelt at some length on the cultivation 

 and pieparing of the chief vegetable product of the country, 

 Cassava (Menihot utilissima) from which is made the staple 

 articles of diet, Cassava bread and Pepperpot, and also an 

 intoxicating liquor known as Paiwarie. 



Mr. J. Hocart exhibited specimens of ancient pottery 

 recently discovered in commencing quarry works on a hill at 

 L'Ancresse close by the Fairy Well, at Fort Le Marchant. 

 Tradition says that a dolmen once crowned the summit of 

 this hill, but no trace of it now remains. Out of the 

 fragments discovered, Mr. Hocart had succeeded in recon- 

 structing a small urn almost complete ; and some of the 

 pieces of larger vessels bore traces of ornamentation and 

 parallel horizontal moulding. Among these fragments were 

 also found a few flint cores and chips, and one good arrow- 

 head. 



The Chairman read a communication from the President 

 (who was unable to attend last month's meeting) on the 

 subject of the internal anatomy of insects, more especially 

 the nervous system, and its relation to that of the higher 

 animals. These notes were elucidated by one or two well- 

 executed drawings. 



Mr. A. Collenette exhibited specimens of the Red- 

 breasted Merganser, as well as other birds having denticulated 

 bills, and explained their structure. 



Monthly Meeting held on April 20th, 1904, Dr. J. Aihman, 

 President, in the chair. 



The following gentlemen were unanimously elected 

 members of the Society : — 



Messrs. F. Arnold, R. Singleton, and J. Veale. 



Mr. F. L. Tanner, L.D.S., F.R.C.S., read a paper 

 on " The Origin of our Coal Supply," showing how the 

 ancient forests and vegetation which now formed coal grew 



