ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING 
WAS HELD TN THE ROOMS OF THE INSTITUTE, 
ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 9th, 1907. 
Lieut.-Gen. Sir H. L. Geary, Iv.C.B., in the Chair. 
The Minutes of the previous Meeting were read and confirmed and the 
following candidates were elected : — 
Associate.— Rev. J. Abbot Winfield, Canada. 
Library Associate. — Rugby School Library. 
The following paper was read by the Secretary in the absence of the 
author : — 
PRIMEVAL MAN IN BELGIUM. 
By Rev. D. Gath Whitley. 
1. Esquisse Geologique duNord de la France, et des contre'es voisines. Par 
M. J. Gosselet. (Lille, 1903.) 
2. Explorations Scientifiques des cavernes de la vallee de la Mehaigne. Par 
Julien Fraipont et F. Tihon. (Bruxelles, 1889). 
3. La Race Humaine de Neanderthal ou de Canstadt en Belgique. Par 
Julien Fraipont et Max Lohest. (Paris, 1886.) 
4. L' Homme pendant les Ages de la Pierre , dans les environs de Dinant- 
sur-Meuse. Par E. Dupont. Deuxieme Edition. (Bruxelles, 1873.) 
T HE Antiquity of Man is a subject which has come 
prominently to the front during the last fifty years, and 
the interest excited by it shows no sign of diminishing. Since 
Sir Charles Lyell wrote his classical work* dealing with the 
question, many able geologists have investigated the matter, 
both in England and on the Continent, as well as in America ; 
and in no country have more important results been obtained 
than in Belgium. Notwithstanding its insignificant size, 
Belgium has played a most important part in the history of 
Europe, and its testimony to the Antiquity and Condition of 
* The Geological evidences of the Antiquity of Man. 1st Edition. 1863. 
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