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the neighbourhood, by considering particularly the structural cha- 

 racter of the Calton, or, as it was termed at an earlier period, 

 the Caldton. This trappean mass he regarded as extending from 

 Greenside to Samson's Ribs, including Heriot Mount, St Leonard's, 

 and the Echoing Rock. The Calton-hill had been described by 

 Townson, Faunas St Fond, Jameson, Webster, Boue, Saussure, 

 Cunningham, Milne, and Maclaren. 



Dr Fleming then illustrated his views of the sedimentary charac- 

 ter of the whole hill, by tracing on the Ordinance map the coloured 

 spaces occupied by the twelve beds of which the hill consists, assisted 

 by a coloured section. The peculiarities of each bed in regard to 

 its structure and mineral contents were pointed out ; and he con- 

 cluding by noticing the four concretionary masses of columnar ba- 

 salt distributed in the deposit, and the more interesting of the 

 simple minerals of the hill, especially the Sarcite of Townson, first 

 characterized from Calton specimens and afterwards known as Cu- 

 bizite and Analcime, exhibiting a specimen which he had procured 

 from the hill when a student at the University. 



The following Gentleman was duly elected an Ordinary 

 Fellow : — 



Ernest Bonar, Esq., Castle Dobel, Styria. 



The following Donations to the Library were announced: — 



Archseologia ; or. Miscellaneous Tracts relating to Antiquity, pub- 

 lished by the Society of Antiquaries of London. Vols. XXXII., 

 XXXIII., XXXIV., XXXV. 4to. 



Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of London. Vols. I., II. ; 

 Vol. III., Nos. 37-40. 8vo. 



Catalogue of Roman Coins collected by the late Rev. Thomas Ker- 

 rich, M.A., F.S.A., Prebendary of Wells and Lincoln ; and 

 presented by his Son, the Rev. Richard Edward Kerrich, M.A., 

 F.S.A., to the Society of Antiquaries of London. 8vo. 



List of the Society of Antiquaries of London, on 23d April 1854. 

 8vo. — From the Society. 



Memorie della Academia delle Scienze dell' Istituto di Bologna. 

 Tomo IV. 4to. — From the Academy, 



Neue Denkschriften der Allgemeinen Schweizerischen Gesellschaft 

 fiir die gesammten Naturwissenschaften. Band XIII. 4to. 



