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further trials would be made on a larger scale with collodion nega- 

 tives, and the result notified to the 'Society, he mentioned that 

 above 200 positive portraits had been taken by Mr/Nicholas with 

 collodion iodized with the mixture above referred to, and ^the 

 result was so satisfactory that he used no other. 



Dr. Neil presented to the Society a number of Photographs of 

 very great merit by several European Photographers. Amongst 

 them were several prints from collodion negatives by F/Maxwell 

 Lyte, remarkable for their clearness and accuracy of focusing as 

 well as for their delicacy of aerial effect and clearness of printing. 

 The valley of Parguerls represents a village picturesquely situated 

 at the gorge of a hill with a very delicately graduated distance to 

 the left, and a bold mass of broken rocky crags on the right. The 

 field in the foreground is a little flat, and the gable end of the 

 cottage too brilliant a spot of white to please the eye of a painter. 

 The bridge of Orthee is a picturesque subject with a "pleasing 

 arrangement of light and shade, and a good foreground of broken 

 rocks overhanging a placid shallow stream. The valley of Argeles 

 is a representation of flat meadow land traversed obliquely by low 

 hedges and terminated in the distance by fine hills brightly illu- 

 mined by a mid-Sunday. A bridge of one arch overhung with 

 ivy and spanning a broad deep river is an exquisite piece of Photo- 

 graphy, the windings of the river with the distant hills, part of a 

 house and garden, with a waterfall seen below the arch, and 

 delicately reflected in the deep pool, make a most pleasing picture, 

 the toning, manipulation and focusing of which are all excellent. 



The Chateau Dr. Arras is a picturesque subject representing a 

 ruined mansion on the brow of a woody hill with a range of snow 

 clad mountains in the distance, and bold peaks in shadow rising in 

 the mid distance, the effect of a cloudy day with a watery sky is 

 well rendered, but the toning of the picture is a little inky. Some 

 calotypes by H. Taylor are picturesque. The best is a cottage at 

 Farucombe. A Talbotype of Caswell Bay Glamorgonshire gives 

 an excellent idea of the Geological characters of the rocks in the 

 vicinity. This picture however has not been sufficiently freed from 

 Hyposulphite. An interesting picture, by R. Fenton of the Coun- 

 cil of War held on the morning of the taking of the Mamelon re- 



