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habits was then given, the lecturer confining herself to the garden snail, the 
most familiar to the general public in the univalve section, and the mus>el as 
the example of the bivalve. Specimens of shells, showing the growth, marking, 
and repair of injuries, were handed round for inspection. Having descrilied 
their life-history. Miss I’hilpott then enumerated the various Hritish species, 
both of hand and freshwater molluscs, handing round specimens of each, and 
enlightening her remarks with bits of folk-lore and personal experience. She 
concluded her paper by an appeal for humane treatment of the lowly mollusc, 
pointing out that it is very tenacious of life and possesses nerve-centres all over 
its body. Hence the kindest, speediest death is to plunge the animal into boiling 
w.ater. Several trays of beautiful specimens from Miss Philpott's collection, well 
arranged and labelled, were brought for inspection. A few remarks from Mr. 
Wattson and Mr. Nash, together with a hearty vote of thanks to Miss I’hilpott, 
brought the evening to a conclusion. 
£Lampstead. — At a Committee Meeting held on October 5, Mr. M. Veatman 
Woolf was elected a memlrer of the local Committee, and Messrs. («. 11 . Cottam, 
fames Walker and L. Douglas Wilson were chosen as Delegates to represent the 
Hampstead Branch upon the Central Council. 
October 15. — Mr. M. Yeatman Woolf, one of the members of the Committee 
of the Hampstead Branch, invited a few Selbornians to examine his educational 
museum of natural history and arch;eology, and during the afternoon he was 
kind enough to extend his invitation to any other Members of the Selborne 
Society who may care to communicate with him, at 46, .St. John’s Wood Park, 
N. W. Mr. Woolf had displayed a large number of his collections, illustrating 
protective colouring in insects, the life-history of termites, as well as of the 
grub in the Mexican jumping Irean which causes its curious movements. There 
was also a good series illustrating various types of marine animals, while geology, 
prehistoric archaeology and ethnology were not forgotten. At first Sir. and 
Mrs. Woolf spent their time in offering individual explanations to their guests, 
but afterwards the former gave an interesting address on a number of selecteU 
topics in a way calcuated to communicate some of his enthusiasm to his audience. 
It should be pointed out that Mr. Woolf has for many years been a member of 
the Selborne Society : he was also one of the supporters of the Nature-Study 
Exhibition held last year, and one of his objects in forming an educational 
museum rather than in specialising in one direction, is his desire t'nat in the 
future his children may profit by the collections made. The visit on Saturday 
terminated with a hearty vote of thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Yeatman Woolf, 
proposed by Mr. George Avenell, for their hospitality. 
On October 20 a lecture on Forest Trees, illustrated with lantern slides, 
was delivered by Professor Boulger at the Subscription Library. The Chair 
was taken by Mr. L. Douglas Wilson, and there was a good attendance of 
Members. At the close of the lecture a vote of thanks to the lecturer w’as 
proposed by Mr. Yeatman-Woolf, seconded by Mr. F. Greenhill, and carried 
unanimonsly. 
November 19. — Mr. M. Yeatman Woolf has very kindly consented to give a 
demonstration at his museum to Selbornians at 3 p.m. 
N.B.— Address : 46, St. John's Wood Park, N.W. (near Swiss Cottage and 
Marlborough Road Stations on Metropolitan Railway). 
On Noi’ember 21 a lecture will be given at 8 p.m. at the Sub.scription Library, 
Prince Arthur Road, Hampstead, by Mr. G. Walter Maunder, F.R.A.S. {of 
Greenwich Observatory), on “ The Sun and Sun Spots.” The chair will be taken 
by Mr. W. H. Maw, F.R.A.S. 
FIELD CLUB RAMBLES. 
October 3. — F'or this last walk of the season, the Field Club, thinned by the 
morning’s rain, assembled at Coulsdon and proceeded over the breezy uplands of 
Farthing Down. The season of new botanical finds was over, but a few autumn 
strays are always to be had, marjoram and honeysuckle, the autumn gentian and 
the clustered bell-flower. These were the most conspicuous, while the w’alk 
over the springy turf of the Surrey hill always gives buoyancy to the spirits. 
In the Devildene Woods the leaves were taking on their richer autumn tints ; 
the russet of the beech vied with the crimson of Viburnum Lantana and the 
