vi CONTENTS. 



I; Biographical Account of the Right Hon. Robert Dundas 



of Arnijlon, Lord Prefident of the Court of Seffion^ Page 37. 



II. Biographical Account of Sir Alexander Dick of Prejlon- 



field, Bart. M. D. - - 58. 



III, Biographical Account of the Right Hon. Sir Thomas Miller 



of Glenlee, Bart. Lord Prefident of the Court of Seffion, 6y 

 LiSTo/"DoNATiONS, continued from the firfl Volume, 77. 



PART II. 

 PAPERS READ BEFORE THE SOCIETT. 



I. 



Papers of the Physical Class. 



I. Of certain Natural Appearances of the Ground on the Hill 



of Arthur'' s Seat. ^^ Dr James Hutton, - 3. 



II. An Account of the Method of making the Otter of Rofes, 



as it is prepared in the Eafi Lndies. By Dr Donald 

 Monro, - - 12. 



III. Defcription of a Mercurial Level. 5j/ Mr Alexander Keith, 14.. 



IV. Pathological Obfervations on the Brain. By Mr Thomas 



Anderfon, - - 17. 



V. Experiments on the Expanfive Force of Freezing Water, 



made by Major Williams at ^lebec, in the years 1784 

 and 1785. Commuiiicated by Dr Charles Hutton, 23. 



VI. AbJlraB of Experiments made to determine the true Refjl- 



ance of the Air to the Surfaces of Bodies, of various Fi- 

 gures, and moved through it with different degrees of 

 velocity. By Dr Charles Hutton, - 29. 



VII. Ob- 



