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An. interesting feature at Dublin was the exhibition of local geological, 

 botanical and natural history specimens, and local photographs of scientific 

 interest, arranged by the Dublin Naturalists' Field Club. 



Space does not permit us to enumerate all the titles of papers read at 

 the British Association. The following, however, additional to those 

 referred to elsewhere, are likely to be of interest to our readers : — Dr. H. 

 A. Bemrose. — Notes on the Microstructure of Derbyshire Limestone ; 

 H. Brodrick, — Notes on the formation of Cave Pearls ; Professor Boyd 

 Dawkins, F.R.S. — The derivation of Sand and Clay from Granite ; Dr. 

 Tempest Anderson. — Changes in Soufriere of St. Vincent ; Professor W. 

 W. Watts, F.R.S. — Report on Geological Photographs Committee ; Dr. 

 Dwerryhouse. — Reports on Erratic Blocks ; Dr. Woolacott. — On a case 

 of thrust and crush brecciation in the jNIagnesian Limestone, Co. Durham ; 

 J. W. Stather. — Report on Kirmington Deposits ; J. Lomas. — Report of 

 Trias Committee ; Dr. A. \'aughan. — Report on Carboniferous Succession ; 

 Dr. F. A. Dixey. — Diaposematism, or the interchange of Characters 

 between distasteful forms ; Professor E. B. Poulton, F.R.S. — (i.) Mimicry 

 in the Butterflies of North America, (ii.) Recent investigations upon the 

 African Swallow-tail Butterfly Papilio dardanus {merope) as an example 

 ■of mimicry ; Dr. Gordon Hewitt. — A proposed enquiry into the feeding 

 habits of British Birds ; Discussion on ' The abuses resulting from the 

 strict application of the rule of priority in zoological nomenclature, and on 

 the means of protecting well-established names,' opened by Mr. G. A. 

 Boulenger, F.R.S. ; Professor Cossar Ewart, F.R.S. — Wild ancestors of the 

 domestic horse; Dr. A, Smith Woodward, F.R.S. — The Evolution of 

 fishes ; Dr. R. Newstead. — Bionomics of Tsetse Flies ; Dr. R. Newstead. — 

 Recent Investigations at Roman Chester ; Dr. R. F. Scharff. — Some 

 Remarks on the Irish Horse and its early history in Ireland ; J. Gray. — 

 Who built the British Stone Circles ? ; G. Clinch. — On the Classification 

 •of the Megalithic and analogous Pre-historic Remains of Great Britain and 

 Ireland ; Report of the Committee for the Collection, Registration and 

 svstematic Preservation of Photographs of Anthropological Interest ; 

 Rev. Dr. H. J. Dukinfield Astley.— Cup and Ring-Markings ; W. J. 

 Knowles. — Perforated Stone Hammers and Axes ; Dr. C. E. Moss. — The 

 Woodlands of Northern England ; W. C. W^orsdell. — The Origin of 

 Dicotyledons ; ^Irs. D. H. Scott. — On Bensonites fusiformis, and on the 

 Sporangia of the associated fossil, Stanropteris hurntislandica. \ 



Mr. H. G. Fordham favours us with a copy of his ' Notes on the Carto- 

 graphy of the Counties of England and Wales,' read to the Geographical 

 Section. He points out that in all, about 400 maps have been published^ 

 of the county of Hereford, and that any complete collection of the whole 

 series of engraved maps of a county in England or Wales, 1579-1900 would 

 contain approximately the same number. A useful bibliography accom- 

 panies the paper. 



In an address on ' Education in relation to Rural Life,' Dr. L. C. Miall 

 stated that ' At present w^hat may be called labour-saving contrivances 

 are far too popular in the classes where biology and nature-study are taught. 

 Of these labour-saving contrivances pictures and lantern-slides, ready- 

 made preparations (dead, of course), printed descriptions, museum lec- 

 tures, etc., are much recommended and employed. It ma}- safely be said 

 that the knowledge which wull help to develop industries is not to be got 

 by such facile methods. There are already a few teachers scattered over 

 the British Islands who are taking a more promising course, and striving 

 to lead their pupils to see, to handle, and to think for themselves. Our 

 hopes for the future rest upon the gradual increase of teachers of this type.' 



The attendance at the Dublin meeting was 2297, which shews very 

 favourably against the Leicester meeting (1647) York (1972). This 



should be some indication of the advantages of the earlier date adopted 

 this year. 



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