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March 8, 1847. 



The Rev. J. BOOTH, LL.D., F.R.S., President, 



in the Chair. 



According to notice, motion made hy Dr. Trench, and 

 question discussed, "That the Society discontinue publish- 

 ing its Transactions ;" the previous question moved by 

 Dr. Hume, and carried. 



Dr. Hume gave notice of motion, " That the Society shall 

 publish during each Session, or at its close, a Report of the 

 Proceedings of the Society, together with Abstracts of the 

 Papers read ; and that the duty of superintending the pub- 

 lication shall be entrusted to a committee elected for that 

 purpose from the Society at large." 



Mr. Cunningham exhibited a plan, and explained the 

 phenomena of a fault fracture, and hues of stratification in 

 a portion of the new red sandstone, shown in a section of 

 the excavations for the foundation of the new Concert Hall 

 of the Philharmonic Society, in Myrtle-street and Hope- 

 street. 



Mr. Johnson exhibited specimens of three birds from 

 Bolivia, which have not hitherto been described by any 

 naturalist. 



The private business and literary intelligence having 

 extended to an unusual length, the reading of Mr. 

 Robberds's paper was postponed till next meeting. 



Dr. Hume then read an account of one excursion of 

 a Peripatetic Club, founded by Hogg and others, for 

 investigating the Natural History aud Antiquities of 

 Berwickshire and the East Marches. The paper was 

 drawn up by the Secretary of the Club, a distinguished 

 Naturalist in the North of England. 



