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REPORT OF MEETINGS. 
November 4th.- — Seventh General Meeting. Owing to a slight 
indisposition Dr. A. Vaughan was unable to read the paper he 
had promised. Prof. S, H. Reynolds very kindly consented to 
take his place, and made some very interesting remarks on certain 
aspects of British physical geography. He spoke mainly about 
the position of the British Isles on a submerged plateau, the 
geological conditions to which the indented coast line is due, and 
the geological formation of the mountain ranges. 
December 13th. — At the invitation of the Museum and Art Gallery 
Committee the members of the Bristol Naturalists' Society, to the 
number of about a hundred, met at the Museum. 
Alderman J. Fuller Eberle, on behalf of the chairman of the 
committee (Alderman Barker), extended a hearty welcome to the 
visitors. He said he trusted their visit to the Museum would be as 
useful as he was sure it would be pleasant. During the last few 
years, and more especially during the last few months, a great deal 
had been done to improve the Museum. After the lecture, which 
had been specially arranged, they would have an opportunity of 
seeing the Greville Smyth collection, which had been fitted up 
through the kindness and generosity of Lady Smyth. In the 
arrangement of many of the valuable and interesting objects it 
contained, the Curator (Mr Herbert Bolton) had had the assistance 
of members of their Society. The thanks of the Committee were 
due to those gentlemen for the kind help they had given in the 
work, and he was glad of the opportunity of tendering it to them. 
Mr. James W. White, President of the Society, said the 
members of the Society esteemed it a high privilege to be invited 
to the Museum in the way they had been, and he expressed his 
thanks on their behalf. It was fitting, perhaps, that those who 
were so deeply interested in the study of natural history should 
be accorded such an opportunity of meeting within the walls of 
the municipal building which was set apart for the housing of 
natural history objects. 
Mr. Harold W, Atkinson then delivered a lecture on Shellfish 
of Land and Sea.” By the aid of 90 slides, 60 of which represented 
his original work, he dealt in an exhaustive manner with the life of 
shellfish. Starting with the egg state, he traced the birth and 
development of various forms, describing how they were able to 
move, eat, and protect themselves. He showed many of their 
organs, and told of their functions — information which had been 
gleaned as the result of long and patient observation. A new and 
interesting feature of the lecture were the radiograph and chromatic 
slides. 
At the close the lecturer was thanked by Mr. White. After 
refreshments had been partaken of, Mr. Herbert Bolton graphi- 
cally explained some of the principal contents of the Greville 
Smyth room. 
