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386 Minute of Meeting.

WEDNESDAY, 20th JUNE, 1906.

Sir E. W. Brabrook, C.B. (Vice-President), IN THE Chair.

The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed.

The death of Prof. Usener, and the election of Dr. Westermarck as a new member, were announced.

Miss Winifred Faraday read a paper entitled " Custom and Belief in the Icelandic Sagas " (p. 387), and in the discussion which followed, the Chairman, Mr. Nutt, Mr. Major, Mr. Stefansson, Mr. Kirby, and Dr. Gaster took part.

The Meeting terminated with a hearty vote of thanks to Miss Faraday for her paper.

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