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ANTHROPOLOGY. 
“All! behold ns, slighted beings ; 
Moulds both blue and green and red, 
White and olive, brown and golden, 
Scarcely dare to raise the head.” 
“ We come, the elite, the creme de la creme, 
For the lords of the Fungi make way ! 
The tough Hallimasch, Lamb’s Kidney, Eartli-star, 
Coprinus that fades in a day, 
The Fairy Champignon, in fable renowned, 
The Oyster, the meek Chantarelle, 
The nutty Boletus, the juicy Beef-steak, 
Bare Truffle, and fragrant Morell. 
Then bring Witches’ butter, and Cyatlius’ eggs; 
We’ll cooke you an omelet dainty and nice— 
So dainty, no fillips your appetite needs, 
’Twill ploio right to the core of your heart in a trice. 
Peziza herself shall the goblets provide, 
Tlielephora cover the board, 
The Royal Agaric preside at the feast, 
And on ketchup get drunk as a lord.” 
Talk ended, “ Let’s finish our pleasant seance 
With a grand pyrotechnic display,” 
Said young Gunpowder Sphaeria, proud of his name, 
And the Puff-ball inclined the same way. 
Then faint phosphorescing, from mouldering trees, 
Rliizomorpha illumines the gloom ; 
The balloons of Sphasrobolus rise in the air, 
And the guns of Pilobolus boom. 
Hush ! silence descends ; the pale yellow moon 
Peeps peacefully over the hill. 
No more Peronospora waves in the breeze, 
And the quaking Tremella is still. 
October 1st. 
Gamma. 
ANTHROPOLOGY, ITS MEANING AND AIM.* 
BY JOSEPH SMITH, JUN., M.A.I. 
The progress which has within the last fifty years been 
made in the investigation of those matters which trench 
on the borders of recognised science, or form great factors 
in the establishing of presumed science on a firm basis, is 
one which must prove of the utmost importance to those 
interested in the advance and development of science and 
scientific undertakings. 
* Read at a.meeting of the Warrington Field Club, Feb. 6, 1885. 
