TWENTY-THIRD ANNUAL DINNER.

At the close of the General Meeting, the Annual Dinner was held in the same hotel, with the President, Mr Godfrey A. Solly, in the chair. The members present numbered 55, and the guests 16-in all, 71.

Previous to the Annual General Meeting, the Club held a reception at the Charing Cross Halls, Glasgow. Mr J. C. Thomson showed a number of the latest Club slides, illus. trating Scotland, and the President, some illustrating the Alps. Both sets were much appreciated by a large gathering of members and their friends.

FORTY-EIGHTH MEET OF THE CLUB.
NEW YEAR 1912.

TARBET.

As in the last preceding Meet, held at Tarbet in 1902, the Secretary's arrangements with that most inefficient of Government Departments, the Meteorological Department, failed most signally. Again, however, in spite of most disappointing weather conditions, the Club held a record New Year Meet. It is interesting and encouraging to note that whereas in 1902 the record stood at twenty-one

members and guests, in 1911 it had reached no less than forty-five. Another interesting point illustrative of the relative loyalty to the Club of East and West lies in the fact that of the Scottish contingent twenty-two were from the West and eighteen from the East. This, in spite of the well-known fact that Tarbet is rather looked down. upon by the West as being merely a suburb of Glasgowsome rather disparaging remarks by members from the

East on the decadence of the West may be remembered and ruminated upon. As usual there was also a gratifying representation from across the Border, and the Club was glad to welcome as guest a member of the Canadian Alpine Club.

The members present at the Meet were thirty-two in number:-Messrs Air, Arthur, Backhouse, Bell, Fraser Campbell, Clapperton, W. Inglis Clark, Cumming, Donald, Goggs, Goodeve, Hillhouse, Ling, Macalister, M'Intyre, Mackenzie, M'Laren, Maclay, MacRobert, Munro, Nai

smith, Nelson, Raeburn, Rennie, A. W. Russell, Sang, Solly, Gilbert Thomson, H. Walker, Watson, Workman, and Young.

The guests were thirteen in number :-Dr Bell, J. Hirst, J. S. Lloyd, A. Macharg, W. D. Mackenzie, F. P. Maclaren, R. H. Maclaren, J. H. Maxwell, T. D. Murray, W. I. Pollock, T. Shaw, R. G. Todd, and J. Wordie.

The honour of opening the Meet fell to Fraser Campbell, Clapperton, Goodeve, Ling, M'Intyre, and M‘Laren, who arrived on Thursday. Goggs, arriving by the first train on Friday morning, joined Goodeve, Ling, and M'Laren, and the party did the wettest and most difficult climb of the Meet-the M'Laren-Shadbolt Gully.

The rest of the party spent the day on the Cobbler.

On Friday evening there were large additions to the Meet, and after dinner a very pleasant evening was spent at the now time-honoured game of "fives" on the billiard table. A tournament was held which was won by Backhouse and MacRobert, their most dangerous opponents being Goodeve and Sang. The amazing and most uncalledfor anxiety displayed by Goodeve as to the alertness of his partner made the game very amusing, and the cry of "Yours, Sang!" will long be remembered by the agile spectators.

Saturday was spent most wetly on various hills in the district, and in the evening the gentle game of curling on the billiard table was indulged in, Munro very obligingly skipping for both sides. New Year's greetings were received from various members greatly missed at the Meet.

On Sunday, amongst other excursions, a party crossed Loch Lomond and climbed THE Ben. They were rewarded by seeing some very beautiful cloud effects over the loch on the way down. A split in the party, due to a difference as to the route, brought three of its members to the loch-side some twenty minutes before the rest. Two of the former spent the time profitably in the loch, gently washing away the grime brought from the bogs above.

In the evening an excellent selection of the Club's and a member's slides were thrown on the screen, and formed the subject of much pleasant informal discussion.

Monday dawned wetter than ever. Several members

from Glasgow and Edinburgh arrived, and numerous parties went to the hills. The evening saw the party considerably reduced, and was spent quietly in anecdotes and "bridge."

On Tuesday, the last day of the Meet, all that were left went to the hills, and some of the longest expeditions were made. A prominent official of the Club reported that his party found Ben Ime still to be a Munro-at least.

It was agreed by all that the Meet had been a great success, as, indeed, S.M.C. Meets always are.

A Geological Poem from a member unable to be present in person at the Meet :

LIBRARY AND CLUB-ROOM.

THE Librarian would remind members of the Monthly Meetings in the Club-Room at 8 P.M. on Mondays, 5th February, 4th March, and 1st April, and also of the Lantern Nights on 15th February and 15th March. It is hoped that members will make use of these opportunities of meeting, and will bring slides with them on the lantern nights.

The following additions are to be noted to the Library and Club-Room :

The Mountain that was "God"; being a little book about the Great Peak which the Indians named "Tacoma," but which is officially called "Rainier." By John H. Williams. Presented by Author.

River Findhorn from Source to Sea. By George Bain.

Presented by H. C. Comber.

Illustrated.

Scotland, A General Description of, to which is prefixed a copious Travelling Guide exhibiting Direct and Principal Cross Roads forming an Itinerary of Scotland, with Map. By George Alex. Cooke. 2 vols. About 1800.

Dunkeld and Blair in Atholl, Description of the Scenery of. (Attributed to Macculloch.) 1823.

The Wild Hebrides. By Walter Cooper Dendy. With Map and Sketches. 1859.

Scotland, Sketches of a Tour in the Highlands of (Perthshire,

Argyllshire, and Inverness-shire in 1818, with some account of the Caledonian Canal). Deals largely with roads. London, 1819. Gairloch in North-West Ross-shire. Map and Illustrations by John H. Dixon, F.S.A. Scot. Edinburgh, 1886.

Scotland, An Eight Days' Pleasure Tour in. With Map. 1835. Scotland, Walker's Geographical Tour Through: an Instructive Pastime. London, 1812.

Key to same with Directions for making the Tour.

British Tourists or Travellers' Pocket Companion Through England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, comprehending the most celebrated Tours in the British Islands. By William Mavor, LL.D. 2 vols. 2nd Edition.

1800.