1831. 

 Dec. 24. 



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proving that there is an internal source of heat. 4. The notice 

 of a species of Caesalpinia, the pods of which are fully equal to 

 oak bark, for the purposes of tanning. Lastly, The Professor 

 gave an account, which he illustrated by sketches, of observa- 

 tions made by Dr Alexander Turnbull Christie, on the caves of 

 Sicily. — The Rev. Dr Scot of Corstorphine then read an essay 

 on the Oreb, or Raven of the English translation of the Bible. — 

 Dr Gillies read an extract from a Buenos Ayres newspaper, 

 dated 2d April 1831, giving an account of the liberation and 

 welfare of M. Bonpland, the botanical companion of Alexander 

 von Humboldt in South America. 



Professor Graham, Vice-President, in the chair Mr Neill 



read a notice regarding a specimen of Siren lacertina, which had 

 been kept alive for more than six years past at Canonmills, near 

 Edinburgh. — Mr James Wilson made some remarks on the al- 

 lied batrachian reptiles ; and Professor Necker of Geneva being 

 present, mentioned his having kept a specimen of the Proteus 

 anguinus, from the eaves of Carniola, in a well at his garden at 

 Geneva, for about six years, where it increased in size, but be- 

 came dark coloured, instead of flesh-coloured as in its native re- 

 cesses. 



. Robert Stevenson, Esq. Vice-President, in the chair. — The 



Jan. 28. Secretary read a notice regarding some of the rarer plants 

 found native in the counties of Dumfries and Galloway; com- 

 municated by Mr Lloyd. — The Rev. Dr Scot of Corstorphine, 

 read an essay on the species of dog mentioned in the Bible. 

 . — Professor Jameson then laid before the meeting a series of 

 meteorological observations made at Inverness, and the de- 

 scription of a simple rain-gauge, calculated to measure the 

 fall to the ten-thousandth part of an inch ; communicated by 

 Mr Mathew Adam, Rector of the Academy of Inverness. — 

 Mr Blackley, who had spent a considerable time in Greenland, 



