WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20th, 1904.
Mr. E. S. Hartland (Vice-President) in the Chair.
The minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed.
The election of the following new Members was announced, viz.: Mr. A. C. Dawson, the Rev. E. Magri, the Los Angelos (California) Public Library, and the Field Columbian Museum (Chicago).
The Secretary exhibited some photographs of "Bull Pitchers" from Stamford in Lincolnshire, and read a descriptive paper by Miss Peacock, upon which Mr. Tabor, Dr. Gaster, and Mr. N. W. Thomas offered some observations [p. 199].
Dr. W. H. R. Rivers read a paper on "Toda Prayer," and, in the discussion which followed, Mr, Kirby, Dr. Gaster, and the Chairman took part [p. 166].
The Meeting terminated with hearty votes of thanks to Miss Peacock and Dr. Rivers for their papers.
The following books and pamphlets which had been presented to the Society since the Meeting held on the 16th December, 1903, were laid upon the table, viz.:
Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, No. xliv., and Twelve Windows in the Choir of Canterbury Cathedral, by M. R. James, by exchange; Finnisch-Ugrische Forschungen, vol. iii., parts 1 and 2; The Journal of American Folklore, vol. 16, No. 63, presented by the American Folklore Society; Moghdija Taz-Zmien, Nos. 15, 18, and 29; Hrejjef Missicrijctna and Danc li Ghamlu il gid fid-dinja, by the Rev. E. Magri, S.J., presented by the author; Report of the Government Museum and Connemara Public Library, 1902-03, presented by the Government of Madras; Archiv für Religionswissenschaft, part vii., Analecta Bollandiana, vol. 22, part 4, presented by the Bollandiste Society.
