PROCEEDINGS 



OP THE 



ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH. 



1834-35. No. 5. 



December 1. 



Sir THOMAS MAKDOUGALL BRISBANE, K.C.B., 

 President, in the Chair. 



The following Donations were presented : — 



An Essay on the Deaf and Dumb; showing the necessity of Medi- 

 cal Treatment in Early Infancy ; with Observations on Congeni- 

 tal Deafness. By John Harrison Curtis, Esq. — By the Author. 



The Quarterly Journal of Agriculture ; and the Prize Essays and 

 Transactions of the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scot- 

 land, for September 1834. — By the Highland and Agricul- 

 tural Society of Scotland. 



Reports of the Scarborough Philosophical Society for 1831, 1832, 

 and 1833. — By the Society. 



Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France. Tome iv. Feuilles 

 1 0—24 ; and Tome v. — By the Society. 



Archiv fur Chemio und Metcorologie, herausgegeben vom Dr K. 

 W. G. Kastner. Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and Band 7, Heft 1. 

 — By the British Association. 



Quelques Observations de Physique Terrestre. Par MM. Aug. De 

 La Rive, and F. Marcet. — By the Authors. 



Esquisse Historiquo des Principales Decouvertes faites dans I'EIec- 

 tricite depuis quelques Annees. Par M. Auguste De La Rive. 

 — By the Author. 



Notice Biographique sur M. le Profess' lu G. De La Rive. — By the 

 Author. 



