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 282 Minutes of Meetings.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18th, 1913.

The President (Dr. R. R. Marett) in the Chair.

The minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed.

The election of Mr. Singer and Mrs. Singer, as members of the Society, was announced.

The deaths of Lord Avebury and the Hon. G. Wyndham were also announced, and, on the motion of the President, it was resolved " That this Society deeply regrets the loss of one of its oldest and most distinguished members, Lord Avebury, and directs the Secretary to convey to Lady Avebury its condolence with her on her bereavement."

The following resolution was also passed, on the motion of the President : — " The Folk-Lore Society congratulates Dr. Pitre on the issue of the twenty-fifth and final volume of the Biblioteca delle Tradizioni Popolari Siciliane, com- pleting the devoted labours of half a century ; and desires to put on record its sense of the monumental character of his work and its wishes that he may reap in his- remaining years the reward of fame due to his services to science."

Mr. E. Lovett exhibited and explained a number of amulets for good luck in fishing used on the coasts of the British Isles, with foreign examples for comparison.

A paper by Mr. E. S. Hartland, entitled " The Romance of Melusine" {supra, pp. 187-200), was read.

Dr. Westermarck read a paper on " The Moorish Concep- tion of Holiness," and in the discussion which followed the Chairman, Major A. J. N. Tremearne, and Mr. E. Lovett took part.

The Meeting terminated with hearty votes of thanks to Mr. Lovett for showing his exhibits and to Mr. Hartland and Dr. Westermarck for their papers.

The following additions to the Society's Library were reported, viz.: —