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 Rh of Yule the following harvest will be wet; and the natural relationship between the adoration of the sun and that of water is also marked by the remembrance of an old custom connected with Craikell-Spring, a medicinal rag-well till lately existing at Bottesford in Lincolnshire. This spring used to be visited by the feeble and sick just as the night was becoming day on Midsummer morning, Midsummer being according to a widespread belief the period when water has the most beneficent power.

TUESDAY, JUNE 16th, 1896.

(Mr. Edward Clodd) in the Chair.

minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed.

The resignation of the following members was announced, viz.: Mr. E. Maitland, M. Yves Guyot, the Rev. G. H. Jones, Miss E. Harris, Miss R. M. Thompson, and Mr. J. T. Micklethwaite; and the election of Mr. L. E. Traherne and Mr. H. F. Jacob was reported.

The following books presented to the Society since the last meeting were laid upon the table, viz.: Some Assamese Proverbs^ by Captain P. R. Gurdon, presented by the author; The Ewe-speaking Peoples, by Major A. B. Ellis, presented by Miss Godden; Folk Lore in Orazio, Part II., by Signor M. Messina Faulisi; Dwarf Survivals and Traditions as to Pygmy Races, by R. G. Haliburton, presented by the author; and The Sword of Moses, by Dr. Gaster, also presented by the author.

Dr. Gregor exhibited and explained a number of folklore objects from Aberdeenshire and Galloway, including a