Proceedings of the Wetmerian Society. 189 



On the Cth of January there will be an occultation of Aldelaran by the 

 Moon. 



H. , „ 



Immersion, . . . , . 3 26 40, at 157° 

 Emersion, 4 14 53, at 281° 



The angles are reckoned from the Moon's vertex, towards the right hand, 

 round the circumference, as viewed in an inverting telescope. 



Proceedings oftlie Wernerian Natural History Society. 



1829, Dec. 5.— Dr Walter Adam, V. P. in the Chair.— 

 Mr Witham of Lartington read an interesting paper on the 

 Vegetation of the first period of the ancient World, and illus- 

 trated it by sketches, and by the exhibition of a number of fine 

 specimens of stigmariae and sigillariae, chiefly from the coal- 

 field of Newcastle. In the course of his observations, he like- 

 wise gave an account of the very remarkable stem of a monoco- 

 tyledonous plant found in Craigleith Quarry three years ago. 

 (See p. 195.) — Dr John Gillies then read an account of the 

 extensive Roads or Highways of the ancient Peruvians, still 

 known by the name of Caminos del Inga. (The Doctor''s paper 

 is printed in the present Number of this Journal, pp. 53-58.)-^ 

 The Rev. Dr Scot then read an essay on the Okrub of the an- 

 cient Hebrews, or Scorpion of the English Bible. 



At this meeting, the following gentlemen were elected Oifice- 

 Bearers of the Society for 1830 : 



Robert Jameson, Esq. President. 



VICE-PRESIDENTS. 



Henry Witham, Esq. Dr R. K. Greville. 



Dr Walter Adam. David Falcon ar, Esq. 



Secretary, P. Neill, Esq. Librarian, James Wilson, Esq. 



Treasurer, A. G. Ellis. Esq. Painter, P. Syme, Esq. 



council. 

 Dr John Boggic. Sir Arthur Nicholson, Bart. 



Rev. Dr Brunton. Dr John Gillies. 



John Stark, Esq. Rev. Dr David Scot. 



Dr John Aitken. Dr Charles Anderson. 



