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A Description of a Fossil Tree discovered in the Quarry of 

 Craigleith, near Edinburgh, in the month of November 1 830 ; 

 with a Short Account of a Fragment and Branch found in 1 831 . 

 By HENRY WITHAM, Esq., F.R.S. Ed., F.G.S., &c. &c. &c. 



(Read 9,1st February 1831.) 



IN the month of November 1830, a small portion of a magnifi- 

 cent fossil stem was discovered in the quarry of Craigleith, in this 

 vicinity, and more and more of it was brought into view as the 

 working of the quarry proceeded. 



In December following, I communicated to the Natural His- 

 tory Society of Northumberland a description of that part of the 

 petrifaction which had then been uncovered. This description 

 will appear in their Transactions. f^ \2~&\ 



At that period a considerable part of the stem had been 

 brought into view, and since that time the remaining portion, and 

 the roots, have been exposed. 



From the interest which this discovery has excited, and the 

 numerous visitors which it has attracted, I hope a record of it 

 will not be unacceptable to the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 

 in the near neighbourhood of which this object lay imbedded, 

 and the parts of which, after careful disinterment, are now open 

 to the inspection of the curious, one half having been deposited 

 in the Museum of the College, and the other in the Royal Bo- 

 tanic Garden. 3 



