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November 17. The concluding part of the Rev. Mr YatesV paper on 

 the formation of alluvial deposits, was read. 



Remarks on the existence of the Anoplotherium and Palseotherium in 

 the lower fresh-water formation at Binstead, near Ryde, Isle of Wight, by 

 S. P. Pratt, Esq. F.G.S., &c. 



December 1. An explanatory sketch of a geological map of Moravia, anjd 

 the west of Hungary, by Dr A. Boue. 



An original " manuscript" Map of all the Pistricts described in the 

 Memoir of Dr Boue, was presented by M. von Lill von I^ilienbach, who, 

 amongst other novelties, has discovered two cones of trachyte, near the 

 mercury mines, in the Carpathian sandstone of Krosciensko. 



December 15. An explanatory sketjch of a geological map of Transyl- 

 vania, by Dr A. Boue. ... 



A memoir on the astronomical causes which may influence geological 

 phenomena, by J. F. W. Herschell, Esq. F. G. S. 



Among the donations laid upon the table was a large collection of bones 

 of the elephant, rhinoceros, ox, and horse, presented by William. Hobson, 

 Esq. F. G. S., and found in his brick fields at Kingsland. 



Mr Sturtz, from the Hartz, presented to the Society some models, illus- 

 trative of the effects produced on veins by nearly vertical dislocation. 



January 5. A paper was read " on the general structure of the Lake 

 Mountains of the north of England, and on the great dislocation by which 

 they have been separated from the neighbouring chains ;" by the Rev. Adam 

 Sedge wick. 



Among the donations exhibited, was a collection of specimens from the 

 western coasts of Australia, presented by Peter Cunningham, Esq. 



Linneean Society Dec. 7. A. B. Lambert, Esq. in the chair. The 



Secretary read a paper on the plant which yields the Gum Ammoniacum, by 

 Mr. David Don. It is remarkable that this plant, and its locality, should 

 have remained so long unknown. Dioscorides and Pliny considered it as a 

 species of Ayasyllis, and believed it to be a native of Libya. Lieutenant- 

 Colonel Wright, on his way to Europe from India, overland, obtained 

 both plants and seed in the north of Persia. Mr Don suggests, that for 

 Ammoniacum or Armoniacum, as it is sometimes written, we should read 

 Armeniacum, since the plant is now proved to exist in Armenia; and as its 

 characters are new, he proposes the generic name Dorema. 



Dec 21. Robert Brown, Esq. V. P. in the chair. A portion of Mr 

 Hogg's interesting paper on the classical plants of Sicily, was read in con- 

 tinuation. 



FOREIGN. 



Meeting of German Naturalists at Hamburgh The following is an 



abstract of the proceedings of the section of zoology, zootomy, anatomy and 

 physiology, at the meeting of German naturalists in September last. We 

 shall, from time to time, notice the several papers at greater length, ^ 

 occasion offers. The number of members of this section was 52. 



The section formed itself on the 18th of September, and agreed to elect 

 a different president for each sitting, and a permanent secretary. Professor 

 Leuekart, from Heidelberg, was chosen secretary j and Professor Fiscber, 

 of Moscow, president of the first sitting. 



First Sitting. — 20th September. After a short introductory addi-ess by 

 the president, Dr Meyer of Offenbach read a paper on the deficiencies in 

 most of the drawings and descriptions of birds, and distributed among the 

 members drawings of the Otis hubara. Dr von Nordmann, from Abo, 

 distributed some proof impressions, intended for his monograph of the 



