HISTORY of the SOCIETT. 



Mr JOHN CLERK, junior of Eldin, Advocate, read a ftiort biogra- 

 phical account of Sir GEORGE CLERK-MAXWELL of Pennycuick, 

 Baronet, late Prefident of the Phyfical Clafs of the Royal So- 

 ciety of Edinburgh. This account is printed in the Appendix 

 to the hiftorical part of this volume. 



Lit. Cl. Mr ALEXANDER FRASER-TYTLER, one of the Se- 

 cretaries of the Literary Clafs, read an EfTay, written by Mr 

 ProfefTor RICHARDSON of Glafgow, on the Ancient or Drama- 

 tic Form of Hiftorical Compofition j which is printed in this 

 volume. [No. V. Lit. Cl.~\ 



Mr Profeflbr DALZEL, the other Secretary of the Literary 

 Clafs, read a paper, written by Mr Profeffor HUNTER of St 

 Andrew's, entitled, A Grammatical Eflay on the Nature, Im- 

 port and Effect of certain Conjunctions. The EfTay is printed 

 in this volume. [No. VI. Lit. /.] 



A GENERAL meeting of the Royal Society was held for the 

 election of general Office-bearers for the enfuing year ; when 

 his Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUGH was re-elected Prefident, 

 and the Right Honourable Lord JUSTICE-CLERK, and the 

 Right Honourable HENRY DUNDAS of Melville, Vice-Prefi- 

 dents. The General Secretary and Treafurer of the preceding 

 year were continued in office. 



Pb\f. Cl. Dr BLACK read a paper, communicated by Dr 

 JOHN GRIEVE, late Phyfician to the Ruffian army, containing 

 an Account of the Method of making a Wine, called by the 

 Tartars Koumifs. The paper is published in this volume. 



[No. vi. phyf. a.-] 



THERE were alfo read two Medical Cafes, communicated by 

 Dr MUDIE, Phyfician at Montrofe ; the one, An Inflance of a 



complete 



1784. 



Biographical 

 account of Sir 

 George Clerk, 

 Baronet. 



,June n. 

 Mr Richardfon 

 on hiftorical 

 compofition. 



Mr Hunter on 

 certain con- 

 junctions. 



June 48. 



General meet- 

 ing. 



July i. 

 Dr Grieve on 

 Koumifs. 



Medical cafes. 



