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carried on in specific direction, such as, the investigation of 
the free air at great heights by means of instruments raised 
by kites, the study of local climate, additional observations 
on rainfall, etc. 
Mr. W. Jerome Harrison, F.G.S., gave an account of 'the 
Origin, Progress, and Objects of Photo-Survey Work, and 
spoke of the value of such a survey to the generation by which 
it is executed and to all succeeding generations, and of the 
importance of preserving records of the physical features of 
the land, as well as of the buildings and monuments. It was 
pointed out that we should record, also, the life of the nation, 
including the trades, dress, occupations, habits and amuse- 
ments. The Ethnographical Survey of the United Kingdom 
was being hastened by the British Association, as, if not 
completed soon, the amalgamations of the different counties 
will have gone so far as to render the task useless, if not 
impossible. 
Prof. H. H. Turner suggested that local Societies desirous 
of undertaking new work might profitably consider {a) Obser- 
vations of Solar radiation, (b) Observations of the brightness 
of the sky at night. 
25th September, Mr. A. Patterson read a paper on “ Spring 
and Summer Yarmouth Notes.” Mr. T. Southwell exhibited 
a specimen of Scomber thunnina, Cuv., a fish new to Britain, 
and Mr. P. R. Rumbelow a Pygmy Shrew. Mr. J. T. Hotblack 
showed photographs and drawings of the Excavations of the 
Castle-Mound, giving an account of what is known of the 
history of the Mound. 
30th October, Mr. F. Balfour Browne read a paper on 
“ The Natural History of some British Fishes,” illustrated by 
lantern slides. Two papers were contributed by Mr. A. 
Bennett, viz., “ Liparis loeselii. Rich : an extension of 
Range,” and “ Siletie otites, Artemisia campestris, and 
Chenopodium botryodes, in East Anglia.” Dr. Plowright 
sent an account of the Chrysanthemum fungus, discovered 
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