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fifteen different stations in the west of Scotland, and at Mount 

 Edgecombe in Devonshire. Lastly, Professor Jameson gave an 

 account of the various whales which have been found in the 

 Firth of Forth. He then exhibited two paintings by Mr Towns- 

 end, of the Delphinus Tursio, lately stranded on the beach of 

 Portobello, — Dr Traill then read remarks on some of the Cetacea, 

 particularly those which come in herds in the Orkney Seas ; and 

 mentioned, that the fact of the young sucking their dams had 

 been repeatedly witnessed by intelligent inhabitants of the 

 islands. 



The Society directed that the following circular be printed 

 and circulated : — 



" PREMIUMS OFFERED BY THE WERNERIAN NATURAL HISTORY 

 SOCIETY. 



" Edinburgh, Wth May 1834. 

 " The Wernerian Natural History Society offers the following 

 honorary premiums ; open unconditionally to all scientific natu- 

 ralists. 



" 1. Twenty sovereigns, or a suitable piece of plate of that 

 value, for the best Geological Account, with a Geognostical 

 Map, Sections, and Specimens, of the Three Lothians, with as 

 much of the neighbourhood as may be required for the elucida- 

 tion of the districts. — To be given in against December 1835. 



" 2. Ten sovereigns, or a piece of plate of that value, for the 

 best Natural and Economical History of the Fishes, marine, 

 fluviatile, and lacustrine, of the River District of the Forth. A 

 collection of specimens of the fishes will be desirable. — To be 

 given in against December 1835. 



" 3. Ten sovereigns, or a piece of plate of that value, for the 

 best Account of the Entomology of the Three Lothians, and 

 River District of the Forth ; with a collection of specimens, and 

 map of the distribution of the Insects. — To be produced against 

 December 1836. 



