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technique is of the most primitive kind, as revealed by the implements and 
tools exhibited. 
The art of painting, more than the difference in language, divides the 
Hottentot from the Bushman. The former (Khoi Khoi) does not paint; 
the Bushman (San) does. The Hottentot is a comparatively late comer, for 
the Bushman has never reproduced, except quite lately, the long-horned ox 
and the fat-tailed sheep, which the Khoi Khory brought with him to South 
Africa. 
Communications : 
*' A Note on the Possibility of Long-Range Weather Forecasts." By 
J. E,. Sutton. 
The author shows that the June temperatures, and especially the minima, 
at Kimberley are modified by the character of the May rainfall. 
" South African Perisporiaceae. IV : New Species from the Coast 
Districts." 
Nine new species are described of fungi belonging to the Perisporiaceae ; 
of these six belong to the genus Meliola, two to the genus Zuhalia, and one 
to the genus Phaeodimeriella ; these were all collected in different localities 
near the coast in the Cape Province, Natal, Zululand and Portugese East 
Africa. 
''Preliminary Note on Anatase." By J. S. v. d. Lingen and A. R. E. 
Walker. 
The authors gave a preliminary account of their investigations on the 
radiation pattern of Anatase. 
OnDiNARY Meeting. 
An Ordinary Meeting was held on Wednesday, July 17th, 1918, at 
8.15 p.m., in the Board Eoom of the South African Association, Church 
Square, Capetown. 
Dr. A. Jasper Anderson, Vice-President, was in the chair. 
Business. 
The Minutes of the previous meeting were confirmed. 
The Society, on the motion of the Vice-President, recorded its profound 
sympathy with Mr. S. S. Hough on the death of Mrs. Hough, and its sense 
of the deep loss which the community has sustained in the loss of one who 
took so active a part in its life. 
Prof. W. B. M. Martin, Prof. T. J. Mackie and Dr. E. S. Cogan were 
elected Members. 
Dr. E. R. Montgomery and Mr. W. F. Schlupp were nominated for 
Membership. 
