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NOTES AND COMMENTS. 
‘ NATURE * AND THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION. 
Our time has been rather more fully occupied than usual, 
otherwise the present issue would have had a more com- 
plete account of the British Association meeting at Hull. 
In the meantime, we feel pleased to have the following com- 
pliment paid by Nature ‘ Yorkshire hospitality is pro- 
verbial, and it has been very pleasantly manifested during 
the meeting of the British Association just concluded at Hull. 
The citizens have in many ways shown themselves to be 
proud to entertain the Association, and the facilities they 
have offered to the members have been exceptionally helpful. 
Each member was provided with a badge, and this was not 
only a free pass on the quick and convenient tramway system 
of the city, but also secured personal guidance and interest 
from citizens in the streets or in vehicles of any kind. It 
would be impossible for a city to show greater interest in its 
visitors, or to do more to make their sojourn pleasant, and 
the many attentions have been much appreciated, particularly 
by officers, and other active members of sections, who usually 
have not the time to search for all the amenities which a 
place of meeting may afford. A number of free luncheons 
have been provided, and when the day’s meetings have been 
over, tea has been served in the writing-room of the Guildhall, 
and has been found most grateful and comforting to the mem- 
bers. For these and other unusual attentions the Association 
is no doubt chiefly indebted to the local secretary, Mr. T. 
Sheppard, curator of the Hull Museums, but with him is 
associated . the Town Clerk, Mr. H. A. Learoyd, and the 
generous hospitality would not have been possible without 
the active interest and support afforded by the Corporation 
and the people of the city. “ The Handbook to Hull and the 
East Riding of Yorkshire,” edited by Mr. Sheppard, and 
presented to each member, is a volume of permanent value/ 
YORKSHIRE NATURALISTS ’ UNION EXHIBITION. 
As announced last month, a Sub-Committee of the Union 
organised an Exhibition illustrative of the regional work in 
Natural History conducted by the various Committees of 
Research. The Exhibition was held in the Board Room of 
the Hull Education Office, and was a great success in every 
way. On Friday, September 8th, the President, Dr. T. W. 
Woodhead, held an ‘ At Home J at the Exhibition, at which 
two hundred delegates of the British Association attended 
as guests of the Y orkshire N aturalists ’ Union . It is impossible 
to give even a brief summary of the very numerous exhibits, 
but readers will be interested to know that a handbook of 
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