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Proceedings of the Wernerian Natural History Society, 
(Continued from p. 185.) 
January 8. 1842.—Dr R. Hamilton, V. P., in the Chair. Mr R. J. 
Hay Cunningham read a paper on the modes by which the older crys- 
talline strata are connected with each other, and illustrated it by numerous 
coloured sections. The Assistant Secretary read a notice by Alan Steven- 
son, Esq., of a miniature mirage observed at Skerryyvore in August 1841. 
Lord Greenock described and exhibited a series of Fossil remains of 
Fishes from Dryden and Queensferry. 
January 22.—The Right Honourable Lord Greenock, V. P., in the 
Chair. The Assistant Secretary read an account of the Salt Mines of 
Hall, Hallein, Berchtesgaden, Reichenhall, Trauenstein, and Rosenheim 
in Bavaria, by William Fairbairn, Esq. Portions were then read of an 
elaborate essay on the arenaceous formations as they occur in Scotland, 
by the late Mr Blackadder, communicated by A. Blackadder, Esq., Stir- 
ling. 
February 5.—Professor Jameson, P., inthe Chair. The Assistant Se- 
cretary read two notices on the Meriones Labradoricus, and Arvicola 
Pennsylvanica, both by J. W. Dawson, Esq. of Pictou, Nova Scotia. 
He then read Mr Laurence Jameson’s geognostical description of the 
district of Albany, Cape of Good Hope, which was illustrated by nume- 
rous specimens. Dr Traill exhibited a hen’s Egg containing a perfect 
specimen of the Limax agrestis imbedded in it ; also a fine specimen of 
Hypersthene from Skye, specimens of Black Chalk from Horse-shoe 
Cove on the east side of Kerrera, and a fine specimen of carbonate of 
barytes from Rhualt mine, Flintshire. 
February 19.—Professor Jameson, P., in the Chair. The Assistant Se- 
cretary read a paper on ancient Scandinavian tumuli by Professor Eschricht. 
Professor Jameson afterwards exhibited and described specimens of the 
bluish-grey breed of rabbits from the Island of Isla, supposed to have 
been derived from the stock that exists on the Island of May, which, 
again, is conjectured to have been accidentally brought thither from the 
East ; also a splendid head and antlers of the red-deer, from the Cromarty 
estate ; a fine specimen of the Egyptian goose lately shot near Kirkaldy, 
by John Fergus, Esq. ; and various other objects of Natural History. 
March 5.—Dr R. Hamilton, V. P., in the Chair. There was read a 
communication on the tidal phenomena of the Cromarty Firth, by Alan 
Stevenson, Esq., LL.B., civil-engineer, which was illustrated by a 
chart, &c. A splendid specimen of the white bull from the park of Ha- 
milton Palace, presented to the Museum by the Duke of Hamilton, was 
exhibited, and also other objects of Natural History. 
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