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2 26 Minutes of Meeting.

The following book which had been presented to the Society since the last Meeting was laid on the table ; Bibliography of Ethnographical Literature, 1897-8, from the "Cesky Lid/' by Dr. Cenke Zibrt (Bohemian).

WEDNESDAY, MAY 16th, 1900. The President (Mr. E. Sidney Hartland) in the Chair.

The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed.

The election of Mrs. Scholter as a Member of the Society was announced.

The death of General Pitt-Rivers was also announced.

The President made some observations on the work of the deceased General, and the loss which students of anthropology and archaeology had sustained by his death.

Mr. H. M. Chadwick read a paper entitled "The Ancient Teutonic Priesthood" [infra, p. 268), and a discussion fol- lowed, in which Mr. Nutt, Mr. Major, Mr. Gomme, Miss Burne, and Mr. Janvier took part.

Papers entitled " Guernsey Folklore and Superstitions," by the late Mrs. Murray-Aynsley, " Guernsey Folklore Stories," by Miss F. E. Le Pelley, and " Notes on Folklore from Wilts," by Miss L. A. Law, edited by Mr. W. Crooke {infra, p. 344), were also read.

A pamphlet entitled " Derbyshire Funeral Garlands," by Dr. T. N. Brushfield, presented to the Society since the last Meeting, was laid on the table.

The usual votes of thanks were passed.