132 ACCOUNT OF GENERAL MEETINGS AND ANNUAL MEETING. 
Roper, the President, occupied the chair. The minutes were 
read by Dr. Prowse, in the absence of the Hon. Secretary, Dr. 
Darbishire. Miss Roper announced the death of one of the hon. 
members of the Society, Mr. B. C. Reed, who was resident in 
Chili. Mr. R. M. Prideaux, an entomologist of distinction, was 
elected in his place. Certain alterations in the Society's laws, 
which were to have been proposed by Dr. Darbishire, were 
brought forward by the President and carried. A letter was 
read from the Selborne Society on the protection of wild plants, 
to which the Council had replied giving their support, and the 
Council's action was approved by the meeting. A specimen of 
Ophrys lutea in flower was exhibited by Mr. White. The 
plant is a native of the South of France and Spain. The Presi- 
dent and Mr. White showed volumes of two great works on 
English wild plants now being published. 
The chief business of the evening was a lantern lectures by Mr. 
J H. Savory on " Caves and Cave Gorges of Mendip." Mr. 
Savory began his address by describing the formation of caverns 
by the dissolving power of water flowing through fissures and 
lines of weakness in limestone rocks. Diagrams of the course 
of undeground waters from the " swallet hole " where the surface 
water enters the ground were shown. These were followed by 
some pictures of stalactites and stalagmites. A picture of the 
explorer's kit, including rope ladder, ropes, pickaxes, camera, 
lanterns, flash-light, etc., was followed by many striking photo- 
graphs taken during the course of actual exploration by Mr. 
Savory and his party in East water Swallet, Lambs' Lair, Wookey 
Hole, and other places. Miss Roper congratulated Mr. Savory 
on his work. A vote of thanks was proposed by Dr. Prowse, 
seconded by Dr. Munro Smith, and carried with acclamation. 
THE 442ND GENERAL MEETING OF THE SOCIETY. 
May 7th, 19 14. 
(Bristol Times and Mirror, May gth, 1914). 
The closing meeting of the 19 13- 14 session of the Bristol 
Naturalists' Society was held at the University, when the chair 
was occupied by the President, Miss Roper. The minutes 
having been read and passed, the elction of two associates was 
announced by the President. The Secretary, Dr. Darbishire, 
proposed for the second time certain alterations in the laws of 
Society which being again carried, now come into operation. 
The President announced that several promising papers for the 
next session, commencing in October, had been received, and that 
it w T as intended to hold another exhibition, simlar to that of 1913, 
in November. She then called on Mr. D. E. I. Innes to read 
his paper on " Lakes and Rivers," which was accompanied by 
