SECRETARIES' 
1876-77. 
REPORT. 
The Secretaries present the following Report of the proceedings of 
the Session. 
The subjects discussed by the Society were — 
Oct. 12. Inaugural Address. 
„ 19. The Hedge-Banks of Devon and Corn- 
wall .... Mr. T. A. Cragoe, f.r.g.s. 
„ 26. Mind and Conscience in our Poor Re- 
lations .... Rev. W. Sharman. 
Nov. 2. The Religious History of Plymouth — 
Nonconformity . . . Mr. R. N. Worth, f.g.s. 
„ 9. Shakespeare's Richard II. and Mar- 
lowe's Edward II. . . Mr. Montague Bere, q.c. 
„ 16. Hannibal — Man and Warrior . Rev. H. Overy, b.a. 
„ 23. The Universe . . . Mr. F. G. Landon, m.a. 
„ 30. Geography of Devonshire in relation 
to Health . . . Dr. William H. Pearse. 
Dec. 7. Experiences among Emancipated 
Slaves .... Rev. W. Sharman. 
„ 14. The Physiological Basis of Music . Dr. Meeres. 
„ 21. The Breathing Organs of Fishes . Mr. J. K. Bond, b.a , f.l.s. 
Jan. 11. Comets .... Dr. Merrifield, f.r.a.s. 
„ 18. Colour in Nature and its relation to 
Practical Pictorial Art . . Mr. A. Shelly. 
„ 25. The Hydrogeology of the Plymouth 
District . . . . Mr. James C. Inglis, c.e. 
Feb. 1 . Are the conclusions of Induction cer- 
tain, or only probable ? . . Mr. R. Smith. 
8. The Epicurean and the Stoic — the 
Modern Man of Pleasure and 
the Puritan . . . Mr. W. F. Collier. 
„ 15. The Factory and Workshops Acts 
Commission, 1875-6 . . Sir George Young, Bart. 
„ 22. Language — the contrast in its de- 
velopment in Man and Brute . Rev. J. Erskine Risk, m.a. 
