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 Minutes of Meeting. 183

The President exhibited the following : Dentalium shells from the North West Coast of America, used by the tribes of British Columbia for currency and ornament, which had been sent by Mr. W. Corner, of Wellington, Somerset, and presented by him to the Society ; a photograph of a bas- relief at Welton Farm House, Blairgowrie, with a note thereon by Mr. E. K. Pearce, by whom the photograph had been taken [infra, p. 211); an engraving by W. Woollett representing a tropical scene, and a water-colour drawing representing a dance of native Australians, said to have been painted by a native Australian, sent by Mr. Emslie. A vote of thanks was accorded to the contributors.

The following books and pamphlets, presented to the Society since the last Meeting, were laid upon the table, viz. : —

Superstizioni, Pregiiidizi, e Tradizioni in Terra d' Otranto, by Giuseppe Gigli ; Pipes and Smoking Cus- toms of the Ainerican Aborigines, based on material in the U. S. National Museum, by Joseph D. McGuire ; Te pito te Herina, known as Rap a nui, comni07ily called Easter Island, South Pacific Ocean, by George H. Cooke ; The Man's Knife among the North American Indians, by Otis Tufton Mason; and Arrowheads, Spearheads, and Knives of Prehistoric Times, by Thomas Wilson, all presented by the President ; Lud, Organ Towarzystwa Ludoznawczego we Lwowie, Tome vi., Part i ; the following pamphlets by Dr. R. Lasch, all presented by the author, viz. : Uber Geophagie ; Religioser Selbstmord und Seine Beziehung zum Menschenopfer; Rache als Selbsmord- motiv; Die^Behandlung der Leiche des Selbstmorders; and Der Selbstmord aus Erotischen Motivcn bci den primi- tive7i Vblkcrn ; and Coxites populaires de Langiiedoc, by Louis Lambert, presented by Mrs. Janvier.

Professor Haddon delivered a lecture on the " Toys and Games of Papuan Children,'^ which was illustrated by lan- tern slides ; after which Dr. W. H. R. Rivers and Mr. Ray