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ORDINARY MEETING, Feb. 6 , 1882. 
J. E. Howaed, Esq., F.R.S., V.P., in the Chair. 
The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed, and the following 
elections were announced : — 
Member : — Miss E. Isis Pogson, Meteorological Superintendent and 
Assistant Government Astronomer, Madras. 
Associates Eev. F. Chambers, M.A., Oxon, Brighton ; Rev. Canon E. 
Garbett, M.A., Barcombe ; Rev. W. E. Heygate, M.A., Oxon, Isle of 
Wight ; J. Kitchen^ Esq., London. 
Hon. Log. Sec. : — Rev. W. H. Hobart, B.A., Londonderry. 
Also the presentation to the Library of the following Works : — 
“ Proceedings of the Royal United Service Club.” 
“ Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society.” 
“ Mikrostruktur der Steinkohle.” By Prof. Reinsch. 
“ Philosophic Organique.” By Dr. Doherty, Paris. 
From the sawc. 
Ditto. 
Ditto. 
Ditto. 
The following paper was then read by the Author : — 
BREAKS IN TEE CONTINUITY OF MAMMALIAN 
LIFE IN CERTAIN GEOLOGICAL PERIODS 
FATAL TO MR. DARWINS HYPOTHESIS OF 
EVOLUTION.^ By T. K. Callaed, Esq., F.G.S. 
S IR JOHN LUBBOCK, in liis Presidential Address to the 
British Association at York, called attention to the 
change that had come over the minds of naturalists since the 
publication in 1 859 of Mr. Charles Darwin^s Origin of 
Species; and Professor Huxley, in his discourse on Palaeon- 
tology, at the same meeting, says, of the hypothesis of evolu- 
tion, that the palaeontological discoveries of the last decade 
are so completely in accordance v^ith the requirements of this 
hypothesis, that if it had not existed the palaeontologist would 
have had to invent it."’^ What is the hypothesis of evolution V 
It is, that all the higher forms of life (man included) were 
* This paper was read during the lifetime of Dr. Darwin. — Eu. 
