THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S 
WEEKLY INTELLIGENCEE. 
No. 110.] SATURDAY, NOVEMBER G, 1858. [Price RZ. 
ABERDEEN. 
The next Meeting of the British Asso- 
ciation for the Advancement of Science 
is to take place at Aberdeen, the most 
northern University-town in the king- 
dom. The latitude of Aberdeen (up- 
wards of 57°) should afford a clue to 
the prevailing character of the papei's 
to be read before the next Meeting of 
the British Association, for that body 
has never before met so near the North 
Pole. 
In Section D, comprising Zoology, 
Botany, &c., the geographical distribu- 
tion of animals and plants is a sub- 
ject always of interest, and the natu- 
ralists of the North of Scotland will 
surely muster in force at Aberdeen to 
recount the riches of their country^ 
As Scotchmen are not proverbial for 
going North, we must not expect 
too many of the scientific elite to 
muster at Aberdeen from Glasgow, 
Edinburgh or St. Andrews; but from 
Wick, Cromarty, Inverness and Banff 
no violence will be done to the pre- 
vailing austral movement in the as- 
semblage from thence of every scientific 
man at Aberdeen, during the Meeting 
there of the British Association, under 
the Presidency of His Royal Highness 
the Prince Consort. 
Entomologists are now increasing 
rather rapidly on the East Coast of 
Scotland, and w'e surely are not ex- 
pecting too much, when we anticipate 
that some of our readers North of 
the Forth will be able to interest and 
instruct those attending the Meetings 
of Section D by reading some Ento- 
mological Paper at the next Meeting 
of the British Association. 
The papers, to be effective, should 
not be too learned ; for, if so, the 
main effect is shown in wearying the 
audience, and inducing them first to 
yawn and then to leave the room, the 
rustling of the ladies’ silk dresses in 
going away often causing a consider- 
able interruption to the equable reading 
of the papers, besides impinging on 
the equanimity of authors, by wounding 
their self-love. Some gentlemen pos- 
sess a happy knack of attracting an 
audience, and those who come into 
the room whilst their paper is in pro- 
gress will generally wait patiently, be- 
cause interested, till the paper is 
ended. 
We throw out these general hints 
to the mass of our readers ; but, if 
any individual is disposed to think 
seriously on the subject, and is anxious 
to qualify himself for serving on the 
General Committee of the Association 
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