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Captain Blake, who purposes shortly setting out on a journey 

 over land to India, also placed his portable barometer and other 

 instruments upon the table. 



A scull, with other things, was sent by Octavius Morgan, Esq., 

 M.R.I., to be laid upon the table. It was accompanied by a note, 

 of which the following is part : — '* I have also sent with them a 

 curious, and, as it seems to me, a non-descript scull, which I 

 found in an old closet at our house in Monmouthshire : it is appa- 

 rently a diluvian fossil, but has no orbits, and instead of a suture 

 has a strange crest. Unless it be of the Saurian tribe, I am at a 

 loss to give it a name, and should feel obliged if some of the scien- 

 tific gentlemen who attend our Friday Evenings could give me 

 information respecting it." 



March bth. 



The subject this evening was the transmission of musical sounds 

 through solid conductors, and their subsequent reciprocation. It 

 was delivered by Mr. Faraday for Mr. Wheatstone, and was a con- 

 tinuation of the phonic demonstrations, which have been proceeding 

 for the last two seasons. We expect from Mr. Wheatstone a cor- 

 rect account of the new matter introduced this evening, and also of 

 the subject generally, which shall appear in the next Number of 

 our Journal. 



