The Geelong dafualist, 
Vor I. JULY, 1891. No. 1. 
Each Contributor is responsible for the facts mentioned 
in his Paper. 
OURSELVES. 
On this subject modesty forbids us saying much. We send out 
this, the first issue of our quarterly journal, in the hope that it 
may be the means of bringing the objects of our Association 
under the notice of our readers, and inducing them —especially 
the young—to devote some of their leisure to the study of one of 
the branches of Science. The pleasure derived will more than 
repay any trouble caused, for— 
“To him who in the love of Nature, bolds communion with her 
visible forms, she speaks a various language.” 
We ask our critics to deal as gently with usas they can, and 
we hope that the career on which we have just entered may be 
both prosperous and useful. 
AN EVENING WITH THE MICROSCOPE. 
A very interesting and instructive lecturette on the Micros- 
cope was given by Mr. J. R. Remfrey on Feb. 25th. The 
history from the beginning was rapidly sketched, and the 
latest improvements fully explained. 
Mr. Remfrey has a particularly happy way of expressing 
himself, and condenses a mass of information into a pleasant 
half-hour’s chat. The use of the instrument in micro-photo- 
graphy was touched on, and ably illustrated by some splendid 
sections of the petioles of several Eucalypts. These were cut, 
mounted and photographed by Mr. Remfrey for a paper 
which he published in conjunction with Prof. McAlpine, 
under the auspices of the Vict. R. Society. The Society is 
fortunate in having so energetic and useful a member. 
