TRANSACTIONS OF THE SOCIETY. 



The Sixth Annual Soiree of the Society was held in the 

 Guille-Alles Lecture Hall on the 9th of February, 1909. 

 Following- the course adopted at all these popular and much- 

 appreciated entertainments, a series of short lectures were 

 delivered, illustrated by means of the Electric Lantern, 

 interspersed with songs and musical selections admirably ren- 

 dered by several ladies and gentlemen to whom the Society is 

 indebted for this kindly help. For the musical portion of the 

 programme grateful acknoAvledgments are due to Miss Shaw, 

 Miss Edmonds, Mr. H. F. M. Morres, and the members of the 

 Elizabeth College choir. The thanks of the Society are also 

 due to Mr. F. L. Tanner who so successfully carried out the 

 duties of organising director of the evening's entertainment. 



The Bailiff of Guernsey, Mr. William Carey, as Presi- 

 dent of the Society, said it gave him the greatest pleasure to 

 be present, because these soirees of the Society always proved 

 both entertaining and instructive. He wished to thank those 

 who had come forward to help them that evening, and also 

 those who had come to listen. The Society was doing excel- 

 lent work and deserved every support. It was placing on 

 record for future students a vast amount of useful information 

 in all departments of natural science and archaeology, matters 

 of entirely local interest, which w r ould otherwise have been 

 quite unrecognised and forgotten. But the publication of a 

 volume of Transactions each year was a heavy drain upon 

 their resources, and so he w T ould like to see the roll of 

 members largely increased. If those who were present would 

 induce their friends to join, the Society would be able to do 

 even more than in the past. 



The first Lecture, by Mr. W. Sharp, Principal of the 

 Intermediate School, was entitled " A bit of very ancient 

 Guernsey History." As suggested by the title the subject 

 dealt with was the traces of the early habitation of this 

 island by Neolithic man. One of the most remarkable 

 of ancient monuments was to be seen to-day on the top of 

 the hill on Lancresse common. Its preservation was due to 

 the fact that it was only discovered in comparatively recent 

 times, because a large number of others which once existed 

 had been destroyed. The lecturer described these Dolmens 



