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The following donations were received with thanks : — 



Beseripfion of a Machine for polishing Specula, Sfc, 



by W. Lassell, Esq., F.R.S./ F.R.A.S. : from the 



author. 



Sir Hugh of Lincoln, by the Rev. Dr. Hume : from the 



author. 



Dr. Inman exhibited a small Crustacean and a small Fish,, 

 wliich had been brought from the mammoth cave of Kentucky. 

 The peculiar interest attached to these fishes, was in their 

 organs of vision — no eyes being visible. Their abode, as is 

 well known, is in total darkness ; and they are caught by a 

 hand-net, with the aid of torch-light. Other fish were found 

 in the cave — stray ones from the neighbouring river — with 

 all the usual characteristics. 



Mr. McAndrew mentioned the resemblance borne in this 

 respect to a Crustacean (the Colocaris Macandrex) inhabiting 

 deep mud, in which, though eyes were present, the retina was 

 wanting; consequently the animal was blind. 



Mr. McAndrew exhibited a fine specimen of the Fumis 

 Contrarius, from Vigo Bay. This shell is found in the ter- 

 tiary crag formation in our own country, but with this pecu- 

 liarity, that while the fossil shells are sinistral, those inhabiting 

 the British seas are dextral. In Yigo Bay they resemble in 

 this respect the former. He also showed a specimen of the 

 Lutraria Regosa, which is abundant in Vigo Bay and along 

 the coast of the Mediterranean, though not previously known 

 to exist, excepting in the Red Sea. 



Mr, Yates exhibited an unpublished Manuscript (from his 

 library), containing — inter alia — a Charge delivered to the 

 Grand Jury at York, in the year 1620, by Sir Jolm Davies, 

 then one of the Judges of Assize. Davies was the author of 

 the fine poem called Nosce Teipsiim, and of otlier works in 

 verse and prose. 



After some preliminary remarks on the office of a Grand 

 Juryman, the learned Judge proceeds to give the following 



