THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S 
WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. 
No. 168.] SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1859. [Price Id. 
ACCOMMODATION. 
At the last Meeting of the Entomo- 
logical Society of London, the want of 
accommodation became painfully mani- 
fest. The room was cram-full ; though 
there was no fire, and it was December, 
it became necessary to open the win- 
dows. Every seat was occupied, and 
some persons were perched in the win- 
dow-sills ; and if a person moved from 
his seat for the purpose of making some 
exhibition, it was very possible, if the 
process was prolonged, his seat would be 
occupied in the interval, and he him- 
self thus shut out, seatless, reminding 
the more juvenile portion of the Meeting 
of that time-honoured game “ puss-in- 
the-corner.” 
The injurious effect of the crowded 
state of the rooms upon the health of 
the Members of the Society is shown 
by the constant withdrawals of young 
Members, who, after struggling pain- 
fully for a year or two, retire from the 
scene ; they feel unable to cope with 
all the disagreeables of the monthly 
meetings, and however much they might 
relish the scientific discussions, they 
cannot induce their lungs to enjoy a 
vitiated atmosphere, almost devoid of 
oxygen. 
Under all these circumstances our 
readers will be glad to hear that the 
subject of a change of domicile is 
again pressing upon the attention of 
the Society. 
The remarks of a bashful gentleman, 
who always seeks the hindmost benches, 
that the objects exhibited do not travel 
uniformly “ bouslrophedon ” along the 
benches, and that consequently those 
nearest the fire-place see but little of 
those novelties, — the simple mention of 
which has made their mouths water, — 
led to some discussion on the most 
desirable form of the new rooms to be 
sought by the Society. 
One facetious gentleman, who sat 
near the door, appeared to suggest that 
we should engage a shooting-gallery, 
as he deemed it important that we 
should sit round a long table. Now 
a table to accommodate fifty or sixty 
persons must necessarily be very long; 
but, as this gentleman observed, though 
we should require, according to his 
views, a long room, it need not be 
very wide; hence the tubular form 
seems now gravely recommended as 
best adapted for a scientific society. 
To this, however, there would be the 
drawback of the difficulty of those 
situated at the arctic pole of this tube 
communicating their ideas, without 
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