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March 5, 1849. 

 J. B. YATES, Esq., in the Chair. 

 Mr. John Eorshaw was admitted a Member of the Society. 



Mr. Barber, exhibited some fragments of the bony shell of 

 the Glyptodon. The skeleton had been found by his son in 

 the vicinity of Buenos Ayres, and he hoped to be able to pro- 

 cure the remainder of the bones. 



A Sketch of the Animal was exhibited at the same time. 



Mr. Yates exhibited many of the original manuscripts called 

 the " Ireland Forgeries," including two entire Tragedies, Con- 

 fessions of Faith, a Will, and several other writings, purporting 

 to be from the pen of Shakespeare, which had deceived many 

 learned men, amongst whom was the father of Mr. Ireland 

 himself. 



Mr. Yates then exhibited some genuine Manuscripts of the 

 time of Shakespeare, contrasting them with the false, and 

 showed that the latter might readily have been detected, from 

 their cramped and exaggerated style. 



Dr Inman, on the part of Dr. Macrorie, exhibited the 

 Mummy of a Child found about thirty feet below the surface 

 of a guano deposit in Peru. 



The child had been about one year old at the time of its 

 death, and was found in a crouching position, similar to that 

 in which the Peruvians are in the habit of burying their dead. 

 The head was covered with straight, reddish brown hair. 

 The skin over the body was uninjured, except on one side of 

 the head, where it had given way, leaving the parietal bones 

 bare. A deep indented line, apparently produced by a cut 

 prior to or shortly after death, extended across the forehead, 



