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exhibited, and described by Professor Jameson. The Professor 

 also shewed specimens of Jet-Qoal, the sort used on the continent 

 for making ornaments, found in Wigtonshire, by Sir Andrew 

 Agnew, Bart. These specimens, he mentioned, were found un- 

 der peat-moss and above clay, on the property of Sir Andrew 

 Agnew. 



1827, Jan. 13. — At this meeting the following gentlemen 

 were admitted members : 



Non-Resident. 

 William Bald, Esq. Civil Engineer, Ireland. 

 George Bentham, Esq. Montpellier. 



Foreign. 

 John James Audubon, Esq. Louisiana. 

 Mr Charles Fred. Hart t man. 



Mr Audubon read a memoir on the habits of the Alligator, 

 containing much new information regarding that animal. (See 

 the present Number of this Journal, p. 270, et seq.) — Dr Grant 

 then read an account of the anatomy of the Octopus ventrico- 

 sus, and exhibited a dissected specimen from the Firth of Forth, 

 of large size, and apparently of full growth. 



A stuffed specimen of the Tapir of America was exhibited at 

 this meeting ; and the members were then invited by the Presi- 

 dent to view, in another apartment, some live animals, lately 

 brought from Chili, by the Right Hon. Captain Lord Napier, 

 of the Diamond frigate, particularly the Felis Puma, or Ame- 

 rican lion. 



Jan. 27. — At this meeting Dr Grant read an account of the 

 structure of the eye of the .Sword-fish, illustrated by a magni- 

 fied sketch, and by preserved parts of the eye, taken from the 

 animal lately killed in the Firth of Forth. 



The Rev. Dr Scott of Corstorphine then read a dissertation 

 on the Saphan of the Sacred Writings, proving it to be the 

 Hyrax Syriacus, although rendered c07iey in our common ver- 

 sion. 



Feb. 10. — At this meeting the Secretary read a communica- 

 tion from the Rev. William Scoresby of Bridlington, containing 

 descriptions of some remarkable Rainbows. (Printed in the 

 present Number, p. 235, et seq.) 



Professor Jameson then read Mr William Bald's geological 



