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the remains of those who have perished in the snow, inter- 

 ment heing impracticable in the frozen and rocky soil. 



He hade adieu to the Monks at half-past eight o'clock, 

 and reached Martigny the same evening at five. 



NINTH MEETING. 



ROYAL INSTITUTION, February 23rd, 1S46. 



The PRESIDENT in the Chair. 



The Rev. Dr. Booth presented to the Society a paper 

 published in the "London, Edinburgh, and Dublin 

 Philosophical Magazine," on " A New Class of Properties 

 of Lines and Surfaces of the Second Order." 



Mr. Davis read several letters from different persons on 

 the Divining Rod. The writers concurred in thinking that 

 in experienced hands the rod dipped where metallic veins 

 existed. 



Dr. Hume exhibited several articles found at the sub- 

 marine forest at Hoylake — e.g., a multangular headed pin, 

 a key, a fish-hook, a small bell hammer, a key, a brooch, 

 &c, &c. Dr. Hume supposed them to be made of bronze, 

 i.e., copper and tin, not of our ordinary brass. 



Dr. Jeffreys exhibited some walking-sticks, made 

 from the tusks of the Elephant. 



THE PAPER FOR THE EVENING WAS: 



"ON THE HABITUAL EMPLOYMENT OF STIMULANTS AND 



NARCOTICS AS INTOXICATING AGENTS."— Part I. 



By Dr. Tvrnbvll. 



From the earliest times the ingenuity of man has been 

 exercised in the discovery of articles capable of tranquilising 

 the system, or of renovating it when depressed by fatigue, 

 mental anxiety, or the cares of life. The desire for 

 stimulants and narcotics seems to be inherent in the 

 constitution of man, and the habitual employment of 



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