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and Sea in the British Islands. By James Smith, Esq. of Jor- 

 danhill, F.R. S. L. & E. To which is appended, a Catalogue 

 of recent Shells in the Basin of the Clyde and North Coast of 

 Ireland ; — Catalogue of Shells from the newer Pliocene Depo- 

 sits in the British Islands, and of recent Shells of new species 

 from the Firth of Clyde. With two Plates.— This valuable 

 and important memoir is, by the Council of the Wernerian So- 

 ciety, recommended to the notice of those who may compete for 

 the honorary prize oifered by the Society for an approved Essay 

 on the so-called Raised Sea-Beaches. The intelligent author 

 of the memoir contends, that the beds of fossil shells described 

 by him go to prove that the land has risen, an opinion, the 

 plausibility of which we have often called in question, believing 

 that the more ancient opinion — the Lake hypothesis — is com- 

 petent to explain much more than some geologists give it credit 

 for. 



(3.) On the Asteriadce of the Irish Sea. With two plates. 

 By Edward Forbes, Esq., M.W.S. — This we consider to be 

 the best monograph on our asteriadae hitherto published. 



(4.) Meteorological Journal for the year 1838. Kept at the 

 Manse of the Parish of Abbey St Bathans, Berwickshire. Lat. 

 55° 52' N., Long. 2° 23' Tl\, at the height of about 450 above 

 the Sea. By the Rev. John Wallace. — The author of this 

 Journal is well known as a learned mathematician and an ac- 

 curate observer ; and, as his instruments are good, the details 

 are worthy of implicit credit. 



(5.) On the Geognosy of the Isle of Eigg. With a colom-ed 

 plate. By R. J. Hat Cunningham, Esq., M.W.S. — This small 

 but curious island exhibits in the rocky eminence named the 

 Scuir, one of the most striking (if not the most striking) dis- 

 plays of columnar rock hitherto met with in Europe. The 

 geognostical position of the porphyry of the Scuir, left in doubt 

 by Oeynhausen and Dechen, the two celebrated Prussian geolo- 

 gists, hi»5 been fully made out by Mr Cunningham, who ascer- 

 tained that it forms a great vein. This isle is also remarkable 

 for its pitchstones — its sandstone, disposed like trap in globular 

 concretions, — and its fossil organic remains. 



Appended to this part, is the List of Subjects proposed for 

 Honorary Premiums, by the Wernerian Nat Hist. Soceity. 



