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Sturio, particularly of the oi-gans of digestion ; the description 

 being illustrated by preparations and drawings. 



April 17. — G. A. Walker Aknotx, Esq., formerly V. P. 

 in the chair. — The Secretary read notices regarding the ap- 

 pearances and probable effects of the Aurora borealis in Scot- 

 land, in August and September 1829, communicated by Mr 

 Blackader. The Rev. Dr Scot read an essay on the Copher of 

 the Song of Solomon, or Henna of the Arabians, the Camphire 

 of the English translation ; Lawsonia inermis of botanists. — Dr 

 John Gillies then read an account of an eruption of fine ashes 

 from the Volcano of Penquenes in the Andes of Chile, which 

 he witnessed during his travels. 



May 1. — Robert Jamesok, Esq. Pres. in the chair. — The 

 Secretary read a communication from the Rev. Dr John Fle- 

 ming of Flisk, on the Superposition of the Strata on the banks 

 of the Tay, and on the occurrence of Scales of vertebrated ani- 

 mals in the old red sandstone of that district. — Dr Walter Adam 

 then read a paper on the different forms of the Human Skull, 

 and illustrated his remarks by the exhibition of specimens. — 

 There was then read an account of a new species of Arvicola, 

 found in the eastern parts of the middle division of Scotland, 

 by Mr William Macgillivray ; and, lastly, an Analysis of the 

 Milk of the Hya-hya tree of Demerara, by Professor Christi- 

 son. (For a. detailed account of this analysis, see p. 31. et seq. 

 of the present number of this Journal.) — After which the Society 

 adjourned for the season, having completed its twenty-third 

 session. 



SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE. 



METEOROLOGY. 



1. Professor Hamteeii^s Journey to Siberia. — Professoi' Han- 

 steen, in a letter to Professor Shumacher, dated Irlduz, l\th 

 April, states, that " it is difficult to find a sky more favourable 

 to astronomical observations than that of eastern Siberia. It is 



