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Fauna Antiqua Sivaleusis, being the Fossil Zoology of the Sewalik 

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Author. 



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 LT.S.N". Atlas. Zoophytes. By James D. Dana, A.M. Imp. 

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Monday, 1th January 1850. 

 Sir THOMAS M. BRISBANE, President, in the Chair. 

 The following Communications were read : — 



1. On the Muscular Substance of the Tongue. By Mr Zaglus. 

 Communicated by Professor Goodsir, 



Professor Goodsir communicated an abstract of a paper by Mr Zaglus 

 on the muscular structure of the tongue. The author of the paper 

 had found the muscular substance of the tongue to consist of a cortical 



