TROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH. 



SESSION 1856-57. 



CONTENTS. 



Monday y 1st December 1856. 



PAGB 



Opening Address, Session 1856-57. By Bishop Terrot, 398 

 On the Minute Structure of the Involuntary Muscular Tissue. 



By Joseph Lister, Esq., F.R.C.S. Eng. and Edinb. 



Communicated by Dr Christison, . . 413 



Donations to the Library, . , . , 416 



Monday J 15th December 1856. 



On the Ovum and Young Fish of the Salmonidse. By Wil- 

 liam Ayrton, Esq. Communicated by Professor Al]>- 



MAN, ...... 428 



Notice of the Vendace of Dervrentwater, Cumberland, in a let- 

 ter addressed to Sir William Jardine, Bart., by John 

 Davy, M.D., ..... 429 



On the Races of the Western Coast of Africa. By Colonel 

 Luke Smyth O'Connor, C.B., Governor of the Gambia. 

 Communicated by Professor ICelland, . . 429 



Donations to the Library, .... 433 



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