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HisroRr of the so CI Err.' 



»787' " cept of them, merely upon this confideration, that a green leaf 



" is a prefent from a hermit. 



" Lijl of Prefents. 



" 8 pieces of China fatin. 

 *' I filver talent of China. 

 " I Pelong handkerchief. 



"I CAN make no fuitable return for your friendftiip from this 

 " part of the world, and I hope you will excufe it. Poorun 

 " Ker Cushoo will have the honour of paying his refpedts to 

 " you ; and I hope you will grant him your favour and protec- 

 •' tion in the bufmefs with which he is entrufted." 



June i8. 



Dr Gregory on 

 the moods of 

 verbs. 



Lit. CI. Dr Gregory read a Philological Diflertation, en- 

 titled. Theory of the Moods of Verbs ; which is publiflied in 

 this volume. [No. IV. L it. Cl.'\ 



July J. 

 Mr Wallace on 

 the caft u'iod. 



Letter from the 

 Prefident de 



Virly. 



On the ufe of 

 cauftic alkali in 

 the cure of gra- 

 velilh diforders. 



Phyf. CI. Mr George Wallace read the continuation of 

 his Diflertation on the Caufes of the Difagreeablenefs and Cold- 

 nefs of the Eaft Wind. [See fupra, April 2.] 



At the fame Meeting, the following Letter from the Prefident 

 de Virly, at Dijon, was read : 



A Paris ce lome Mars 1787. 



" II fera pent etre agreable a la Spciete d'apprendre que I'on 

 " a applique a Dijon, avec fucces un remede que I'on doit a 

 " un me,decin de votre ifle : I'alkali cauftique pris interieure- 

 *• ment pour le calcul ou la pierre. M. Durande, medecin 

 " de cette ville a eu un malade qui avoit rendu beaucoup de 

 " gravier par les urines, et avoit de grandes douleurs. Le ma- 

 " lade, en meme terns, ne vouloit pas entendre parler de fe 



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