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1838. Professor Jameson, President, in the chair. — Mr Smith of 



April 21. 



Jordanhill read a paper on the latest changes of the level of 

 the sea, particularly in the basin of the Clyde, and exhibited a 

 series of shells from elevated beaches. — The Assistant-Secre- 

 tary read Dr Lawrence Edmonston's observations on the distinc- 

 tions, history, and hunting, of seals in the Shetland Islands — 

 He then gave a brief notice of Dr Boue s account of the geo- 

 logy of some parts of European Turkey ; and communicated an 

 abstract of Mr -lohn Lawson junior's observations on the geo- 

 logy of the lower district of Moray, with a description of various 



mineral deposits in the vicinity of Elgin There were laid on 



the table, •. A series of daily observations on the thermometer, 

 barometer, and rain-gauge, made at the manse of Abbey St 

 Bathan's, by the Rev. John Wallace ; and, 2. A comparative 

 register of the sympiesometer and marine barometer, kept in the 

 H. E. I. Company's ship Charles Grant, during a voyage from 

 England to Bombay, in 1836, by Henry Graham, Esq. 



