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ordering and combining the quantities, or long and short syllables; 

 meter ; rhythm ; hence, a foot ; as, a poem in iambic verse." 



Inflection. — " Modulation, or accent of the voice, as the rising 

 and the falling inflection. Any change or modification in the 

 pitch or tone of the voice. A departure from the monotone or 

 reciting tone in chanting." 



Iambic. — " Consisting of a short syllable followed by a long one, 

 or of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented ; as, an 

 iambic foot. A foot consisting of a short syllable followed by a 

 long one, as in amans, or of an unaccented syllable followed by an 

 accented one, as invent." 



Cadence. — " A fall of the voice in reading or speaking, es- 

 pecially at the end of the sentence ; a rhythmical modulation of 

 the voice or of any sound ; rhythmical flow of language, in prose 

 or verse ; harmony and proportion in motion, as of a well-managed 

 horse ; the close or fall of a strain ; the point of rest, commonly 

 reached by the immediate succession of the tonic to the domi- 

 nant chord ; a cadenza or closing embellishment ; a pause before 

 the end of the strain, which the performer may fill with a flight 

 of fancy." — Webster. 



GENERAL MEETING. 



Colombo Museum, November 24, 1908. 

 Present : 



The Hon. Mr. John Ferguson, C.M.G. , President, in the Chair. 



Mr. P. Freudenberg, J.P., Vice-President. 



Mr. P. Arunachalam, M.A., C.C.S., Vice-President. 



Ven. F. H. de Winton. Mr. M. A. C. Mohamed. 



Mr. A. M. Hamid. Mr. P. E. Morgappah. 



Mr. C. W. Horsfall. Dr. A. Nell, M.R.C.S. 



Mr. A. Lewis. 



Mr. G. A. Joseph, Honorary Secretary and Treasurer. 



Business. 



1. Read and confirmed Minutes of last General Meeting held 

 on July 11, 1908. 



2. Mr. J oseph announced the election of the following Members 

 since the last General Meeting : — Messrs. E. C. Anderson ; J. L. 

 Tancock ; G. E. Madawela, Proctor ; J. Conroy, B.A., CCS. ; 

 T. H. Chapman, A.M.I.C.E. ; Dr. W. C. Pieris, M.B., CM.; 

 Messrs. C R. Arcsaratnam ; E. W. Jayewardene, Barrister-at- 

 Law; Dr. E. Roberts, F.F.P.S., M.R.C.S. ; Messrs. T. G. Jaye- 

 wardene, A.M.I.M.E. ; B. Constantine, B.A., CCS. ; Rev. W. J 

 Noble ; Messrs. F. A. Obeyesekere, M.A., Barrister-at-Law ; and 

 A. M. Hamid. 



3. Mr. A. Lewis read the following Paper : — 



