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intents and purposes, of our overland expedition. For at 
Storenwe are again upon the Christiania-Trondhjem Eailway, 
and only thirty-three English miles from the latter city. After 
bidding a kindly farewell to the courier and drivers who had 
brought the party overland from Lillehammer, and being 
collectively photographed by the various photographic 
members of the party, we took the short railway run into 
Trondhjem on the Sunday (July 13) afternoon, hastened on 
board the St. Eognvald, the flag of which we had seen from 
our train, and the Yesey Club party was complete. We had 
crossed Norway by a route which was nearly due north, from 
lat. 60° to lat. 63^°, and we should now turn our faces south¬ 
wards, and therefore homewards, though before we actually 
start for home we still have much to see and to do. This 
must furnish us, however, with materials for another article. 
(To be continued.) 
MIDLAND UNION OF NATUEAL HISTOEY 
SOCIETIES. 
ANNUAL MEETING AT LEICESTER. 
On concluding his address, Mr. Mott spoke a few words of 
welcome to the members of the union. He said : Let me 
assure you, in the name of the Leicester Literary and 
Philosophical Society, that we desire to welcome in the most 
cordial and enthusiastic manner all the delegates and friends 
who have honoured us with their presence, to make your two 
days here both agreeable and instructive, and to induce you 
to think of Leicester in future as the abode of many friends, 
and many sympathisers in those pursuits which you meet this 
day to cultivate. There is no culture so effective as self¬ 
culture, but to get its best results we need not only to observe 
and to think individually, but also to ascertain what others are 
observing and thinking on the same lines, and this we can 
best do by the personal intercourse for which these meetings 
afford the opportunity. The Midland Union does good service 
in bringing us together and in cultivating an esprit de corps 
among our scattered societies. Its organ, the “ Midland 
Naturalist,” is a useful periodical, which I always read with 
interest, but it does not satisfy me. Its circulation ought to 
be five times what it is, but that means that it must be made 
five times as interesting to the general public. The circulation 
of a periodical is a practical test on this point. If it interests 
a large number it will have a large sale. If it has a small sale 
it is because it only interests a small number. I am inclined to 
