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The Hon. Eeporting Secretary, Mr. T. Graham Ponton, F. Z. S., then 
exhibited a kitten with a curious malformation of the feet. This was at first 
supposed to be simply an accessory toe on each foot, but on examination it 
was found to be, in reality, an accessory foot composed of three minute toes 
united together. A remarkable circumstance connected with the case is, 
that the kitten's mother has the same malformation, and every kitten to 
which she gives birth, possesses it. 
Mr. S. H. Swayne, M.R.C.S., then showed an unusually large specimen 
of the common puff-ball fungus, which he had gathered recently in 
Herefordshire. He also mentioned that when there, he had seen a specimen 
of the common edible mushroom, which was the largest he had ever met 
with. It measured about two feet in circumference. 
The usual time for closing the meeting having arrived, the proceedings 
terminated. 
Saturday, 26th Sept. 1868, — Mr. W. Sanders, F.Pt.S., F.G.S. &c. 
President, in the Chair. 
The Minutes of the last Meeting having been read and confirmed, the 
President said that the Members had been convened for that evening in 
place of the usual one, for the purpose of meeting Dr. W. B. Carpenter, 
of London, who had kindly offered to give the Society an account of a recent 
voyage he had made to the Faroe Islands in conjunction with Professor 
Wyville Thompson. 
Dr. W. Carpenter, V.P.R.S., then addressed the Meeting, and gave a 
most interesting description of his expedition. 
At the conclusion of Dr. Carpenter's remarks, a long and interesting 
discussion took place, in which the President, Mr. H. K, Jordan, F.G.S., 
and other Members took part. 
A full report of this Meeting will appear in a future number of the 
proceedings. 
