presented by the Society; "The Voyage of Bran," vol. ii., by A. Nutt, presented by the Author; and the "Administration Report of the Madras Government Museum for 1895-96," presented by the Indian Government.
The Chairman announced that Professor Starr of Chicago had offered to present to the Society's museum a collection of objects of folklore interest from Mexico upon certain conditions, to which the Council had very gladly acceded.
Mrs. Gomme exhibited a Feast-cake from Calymnos, kindly sent by Mr. W. R. Paton, and presented by him to the Society for its museum. Cakes of this description are made at Calymnos annually at Easter. The egg enclosed is represented to be that of a partridge.[1]
Mrs. Andrews exhibited a photograph of a spotted Kaffir.
Mr. F. Sessions read a paper entitled "Some Syrian Folklore Items gathered on Mount Lebanon," and exhibited a number of charms worn by the native peasantry. In the discussion which followed, the Chairman, Dr. Gaster, and Messrs. Gomme, Crooke, and Higgens took part.
At the conclusion of the meeting a hearty vote of thanks was accorded to Mr. Sessions for his paper.
- ↑ The Society is indebted to Miss Ffennell for a photograph of the cake, which is here reproduced in the hope that it may lead to the collection and preservation of other specimens, or at least photographs and records, of these curious and significant, but fragile, relics of the past. So perishable is the specimen sent by Mr. Paton that it could not be taken out of its nest of cottonwool to be photographed.
