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Minutes of Meetings.

Longworth Dames, Mr. Nutt, Mr. Tabor, and the President took part. The meeting terminated with a hearty vote of thanks to Mr. Hodson for his paper.




WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17th, 1909.

The President (Miss Burne) in the Chair.


The minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed.

The election of Miss M. Crookshank and Mr. S. J. Cohen as members of the Society was announced.

The resignation of Lady Lindsay was also announced.

Dr. Haddon, on behalf of the President, exhibited two St. Bridget Crosses from County Antrim. These crosses are made annually on the Festival of St. Bridget, February 1st, by the women in County Antrim, and hung as a protection over the hearth or the beds, being renewed each year.

Mr. A. R. Brown read a paper entitled "Myth, Magic, and Ceremonial of the Andaman Islanders." In the discussion which followed, Mr. Skeat, Dr. Seligmann, Mr. Nutt, Mr. Kirby, Dr. Haddon, and the President took part. The meeting terminated with a hearty vote of thanks to Mr. Brown for his paper.