and Devon and Cornwall Natural History Society. 
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Already there has been collected in the papers published by 
this Society much information available for this purpose ; but 
much more remains to be gathered, and it is hoped that several of 
the members will devote at least a portion of their leisure to this 
work. 
At the beginning of the session, three gentlemen, — Dr. Cook- 
worthy, Mr. J. H. Fuge, and the Rev. J. R. Fletcher, D.D., the 
survivors of the original founders of the Plymouth Institution, 
— were elected Honorary Members of the Society. Sir John 
Lubbock, F.R.S., has since been elected an Honorary Member, 
and has delivered to the Society a lecture on the " Transform- 
ations of Insect Life," an abstract of which appears in the Trans- 
actions. 
At the Anniversary Meeting, May 1st, the following short 
papers were read : a discussion followed each. 
Art Workmen Mr. J. Shelly. 
In June last, some members of the Society, with friends, united 
in an excursion to Tavistock, from which place they went on to 
Lydford, and visited various objects of interest in its neighbour- 
hood. The members have had no other field-day during the past 
year. Two Conversaziones took place, one at the commencement 
of the session and the other at Christmas, but neither calls for any 
especial remark. 
Specimens of the Porpoise f Phoccena communis ) and the Great 
Pipe Fish ( Syngnathus acus ), taken off the coast, were placed in 
the museum during the summer, and were exhibited in the hall 
at the first Conversazione of the session. 
The Librarian has devoted some time to the examination and 
re-arrangement of the books. 
The usual scientific periodicals have been received, and among 
others the following books have been added to the Library : — 
On an Octopus vulgaris recently acquired 
by the Society 
J. Bbooking Eowe, F.L.S. 
On the metal Magnesium, experimentally 
illustrated 
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