O N T E N T 



OF THE 



SECOND VOLUME. 



PART I. * 



HISrORr of the SOCIETr. 



Dr James Hutton on Written Language, - Page 5. 



Letter relative to the Kraken, - - 16. 



Letter from the Tejhoo Lama to Mr Haftings, - icv 

 Letter from the Prefident Virly, on the ufe of Caujlic Alkali in 



the Cure of Gravely - - 22» 

 Report and Judgment relative to Count de Windifchgratz's 



Problem^ - - 25. 



Mr Hornby on the Dijlillation of Spirits from Carrots^ 28. 



APPENDIX. 



List of Members or Fellows of the Royal Society of 



Edinburgh, continued from the firjt Volume, - 31. 



Office-bearers of the Society, - - 34. 



Membxrs deceased, - - 2>^. 



I. Bio- 



*N,B. Part I. comprehending the History, is contained under one ftt of pages ; and 

 Part II. comprehending the Papers, is contained under two fets, viz. Papers of the 

 Physical Class under the one, and Papers of the Literary Ciass under the other. 



