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gentlemen, will join with me in wishing the Blackburn Field Naturalists’ Society 
along and prosperous career.” 
After the address the visitors examined with much interest the objects 
exhibited under the microscopes and arranged on tables and cases in the room. 
The Microscopical Section was well represented by the following members, 
and the objects enumerated were exhibited by the aid of some very fine micro- 
scopes by the first opticians :— 
PTL URN EFC PoeMM POLK rin sce uucttee sss wesc; ere sor cent Mr. Bickerdike. 
OYA MEOH PION COSE ors enitccsccscotats sine het ear onde 3 
SS) DCIS 18oW0N SIO conchae sndedoonnde se csden sauseuece acne ‘ 
CizzaraGiOrieet.. 1. m:-:.. Pe eee erm ecia i 2.2% + <a 
VOUOTALOU CUO MRO ne fences ree ac chines soeclieinn c/aereeTo8 st 5 
JE Gia gis. Cie TOR AUS pc Boies GEBOON ap EDaOEB Hace. wogoCORaSon eC oso, ae A 
Me OULU LG OMEN ne, ae ewes coo tee eta Dares oe oeneeeanit Ss 
I DinleinoonewarrSa( (110) eng adi Ba tsda auc coeanndeddedocer ec aoniode 5 
Ieuan, ome 7 ondécabeBay yoopbp ode dosiedsagueebdaboan ee 
PETISHOMESROle LOSS ten cies cee cee doahte estate asa decane: Mr. Bowdler. 
ES pos Ole OUSe MM hy aprmtian urea ets ooeincuhelas aeons sore uiqen sears is 
Poly cistint= = BAGUAGOCS 2s oc eon sats cae So cerensmra trent: i 
Spine Ole WeMIMUSy ere terene ile non ee cen en uneneaees sae ed bien ts 9 
Diiatomi 7 CPOp CHa LCL Oe ae ae «caer mee een oe ears) 
ALa@ackon crt Wiel, Cave (IRollaue)) ooocooconodvonpnvcceooaacossvcoas 56 
Rhinoceros Horn Si ope eae Aree es sacs ngace steal oops cree eater 26 
Quinine me Re AG PASTE, 5 
Chalcedony Se nee tee Settlers latte senha ree eee D9 
Lava, from Lodore (sections of)...... Mir istari, i Gros 
Do. from No. 4, Falcon Crag, Keswick (do.) ......... 96 
Granite, Eskdale (dos) eases 6 
Dyke, Red Screes, Ambleside (On) aeiess.. car 
Armboth Dyke, Thirlmere (GOs) eee sa 
Dolorite, Castle Head, Keswick (GlOs) SeSeccnabo Ap 
Syenite, Scale Force (dos) hoe en Be 
Limestone from Chipping and Clitheroe (do.) ......... 9 
DD GPHATATUCLUIE AMC PALASIES 0s one sdaeaceecled smn stots Ma, Re Gx Pillmen 
(OM Melis BET iy OLE COGN. RON OE EERE, CO eee 5 
LAY LUTE LEE IANO RE He ee Oe ayieleo eh cash ecesis usr eres sh 
inbryo——bresiy Water NUSSEL...¥.s.ic-:sccs.0e0sbaseed one 2 
WianIOtismin OlarIsCOMe ODIJECIS es 2es-8 sncons ct suned.c6sdeoe eras 39 
Various Animalcules, Sections of Wood, &c............. Mr. Thos. Hart. 
ONE CAPA SECON We8s 5a se vette cutto oatnsnevede onions Mr. A. P. Garland. 
iNapoidestiromy Puviey INhUDALD: s.ciwiecn ssc ter edert esee 9 
VAIOUSE SS erent tease eee eow eee Lae Mr, T, W. Gregson, M.B. 
Mr. J. D. Geddes, with the aid of his Oxy-Hydrogen Microscope, exhibited 
various slides of Animal Life, Sections, Mounted Insects, &c., in the Com- 
mittee Room to crowded audiences. 
Special interest was taken in the Electrical Apparatus under the care of Mr. 
A. P. Garland, and the live and other objects of the lower forms of life shown 
by the Oxy-Hydrogen Microscope by Mr. J. D. Geddes. The curator, Mr. 
Geddes, kindly placed for inspection a case of exceptionally fine specimens of 
Paludina vivipara, and his valuable and interesting series of geological speci- 
mens collected by him during the past year, illustrating the rocks of the Isle of 
Man, Skiddaw, Keswick, Ingleborough, Whernside, Pennyghent, Pendle, and 
the principal drift rocks found in West and East Lancashire. The botanical 
collection by Mr. Rigby, which obtained the Society’s prize, was displayed, 
while Mr. H. A. Surr exhibited a sheet of typical mosses. 
A case of miscellaneous lantern transparencies by Mr. J. D. Geddes were 
