SCIENTIFIC MEMOIRS, 



SELECTED FROM 



THE TRANSACTIONS OF 



FOREIGN ACADEMIES OF SCIENCE 

 AND LEARNED SOCIETIES, 



AND FROM 



4 



FOREIGN JOURNALS. 



EDITED BY 



RICHARD TAYLOR, F.SA., 



FELLOW OF THE LINN^AN, GEOLOGICAL, ASTRONOMICAL, ASIATIC, STATISTICAL, 



AND GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETIES OF LONDON ; 



HONORARY MEMBER OF THE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF MOSCOW. 



UNDER SECRETARY OF THE LINN^EAN SOCIETY. 



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