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 WEDNESDAY, MAY 23rd, 1894.

The President (Mr. G. Laurence Gomme, F.S.A.) in the

chair.

The minutes of the last meeting were read and con- firmed.

The election of the following new members was an- nounced, viz. : Mr. Hew Morrison, Librarian of the Edin- burgh Public Library, Mr. J. S. E. Walker, and the Brighton Town Council.

The following book was laid upon the table, viz., " English Singing Games," by Mrs. Gomme, presented by Mr. Nutt.

Mr. Ordish exhibited a Sword Dancer's Dress, sent him by Miss Edleston of Gainsford, near Darlington, and read a short note by that lady, giving an account of the Sword Dancers' Exhibition, and produced a copy of their song.

Mr. F. Sessions read a paper entitled " The Omens of the Thugs, and their Relation to European Folk-lore of Birds and Beasts", and a discussion followed, in which Mr. Baverstock, Mr. Nutt, Mr. Kitts, Dr. Gaster, Dr. Gregor, Mr. Kirby, Mr. Hartland, and the President took part. Mr. Sessions having replied to the criticisms on his paper, a hearty vote of thanks was accorded to him on the motion of the President.

Papers on " Water and Well-Worship", by Mr. A. W. Moore, M.A., and on the " Classification of the Proverbs and Sayings of the Isle of Man", by Mr. G. W. Wood, F.I.C., were also read (see infra, pp. 212, 229).

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