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had been filled up, and its surface ploughed and cropped, for 

 above a dozen of years past. 



The secretary read a letter from the Rev. Mr. Maclean, 

 of Small Isles, mentioning the appearance of a vast Sea 

 Snake, between 70 and 80 feet long, among the Hebrides, 

 in June 1808. 



And he produced a list of about 100 herbaceous plants, 

 and 200 cryptogamia, found in the King's Park, Edinburgh, 

 and not enumerated in Mr. Yalden's catalogue of plants 

 growing there ; communicated by Mr. G. Don, of Forfar, 

 late superintendant of the Royal Botanic Garden at Edin- 

 burgh. 



MANCHESTER PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. 



We copy from a Manchester newspaper the following 

 Resolutions, which were occasioned (as appears from the 

 advertisement containing them) by some extraordinary cir- 

 cumstances, that have lately occurred in the Literary and 

 Philosophical Society of that place. They were passed una- 

 nimously at a meeting of the Society, which was held on 

 the 5th instant, in consequence of a special requisition ; and 

 which was attended by a greater number of members than 

 had ever been assembled on any former occasion ; consistently 

 with the spirit of them, Mr. Henry was re-instated in the 

 office of president on the 12th instant. — - 



" At an extraordinary meeting of the Literary and Phi- 

 losophical Society of Manchester, held on Friday, May 5, 

 I8O9, in consequence of a special requisition signed by 

 twenty-nine members, it was resolved unanimously, 



* ( 1st. That the thanks of this meeting are due to Mr. 

 Henry, for his long and valuable services, and for his uni- 

 form exertions to promote the best interests of the institu- 

 tion , 



" 2dly. That the circumstances of Mr. Henry's age, and 

 standing in the Society, the great respectability of his cha- 

 racter, his valuable contributions to the Society's Memoirs, 

 and the rank which he has long held in the scientific world, 

 peculiarly distinguish him as a fit person to HI] the chair of 

 this Society. 



* f 3dly. That a deputation be. "appointed to wait upon Mr. 



Henry, 



