the above was held in the Society's rooms A general acting of the members of on Tuesday, 7th inst, The chair was taken by Mr. G. J. Morrison (President), and there were present:—Rev. W. Muirhead, Messrs. T. S. Southey (Secretary), A. Stripling, Mux Slovogt, Dr. Birth, Streich, Dilberg and Von Amelunxen, The minutes of the last general meeting confirmed. come near it. He had next visited it when the rebels were in possession of the city, and subsequently when peace had been restored, and ho could fully corroborate the description given by M. Imbault-Huart. He concluded by moving a vote of thanks to the author and translator.
Mr. Srare1ixo asked if any one present could give any description of the subterranean exverns at Soochow.
Rev. W. Murnmeap said he had once visited them in company with Dr. Mi hurst and had been much disappoint he found they were not nearly so extensive as they were popularly supposed to be.
The Cmarnuan briefly referred to a tradition concerning a man who had o tered the caverns ages ago and had wai dered through them for ten days without finding an end to them. Ho also rel an amusing adventure which occurred to himself on the occasion of his visit- to a coal mine when he had to crawl through a narrow passage from which he extricated himself with difficulty.
Mr. Suevocr thought an interesting comparison might be made between the account given of Soochow by Marco Polo and what they had just h The Cuarema handed round some maps engravings for inspection which had accompanied the paper.
Mr. Suevoar seconded the vote of thanks to the author and translator, which was carried unanimously, and the meeting adjourned.
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