360 Proceedings of Societies. 



Art. XXXIII.— PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES. 



1. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. 

 December (J. — The following gentlemen were elected Ordinary Members: 

 Dr John Campbell,, Physician in Edinburgh. 

 George Anderson, Esq. Inverness. 

 At this Meeting Mr Haidinger read a paper on the Determination of 

 the Idea of the Species in Mineralogy, according to the principles of Pro- 

 fessor Mohs, the particular object of which was mentioned in our last 

 Number. 



December 20.— At this Meeting there was read Additional Observations 

 on the Natural History and Physical Geography of the Himalayan Moun- 

 tains. By George Govan, M. D. This paper is inserted in this Num- 

 ber, p. 277. 



January 3. — At this Meeting Robert Brown, Esq. was elected an Ho- 

 norary Member of the Society. 



There was also read by Dr Hibbert, a paper on the Dispersion of Stony 

 Fragments remote from their native beds, as displayed in a stratum of 

 loam near Manchester. This paper is printed in this Number, p. 208. 



At the same Meeting Mr Haidinger read a Description of Fergu.ionite, 

 a new mineral species. For a notice of this mineral, named in compliment 

 to Robert Ferguson, Esq. of Raith, see p. 375. 



January 17. — At this Meeting Mr P. F. Tytler read extracts from a 

 Journal of Travels through Persia, by Mr James Baillie Fraser. 

 February 7 — The following gentlemen were elected Ordinary Members: 

 Major Leith Hay of Rannes. 



Rev. John Williams, Rector of the Edinburgh Academy. 

 John Hugh Maclean, Esq- Advocate. 

 At this Meeting there was read a Description of Withamite, a new mi- 

 neral species found in Glenco. By Dr Brewster. This paper is pub- 

 lished in this Number, p. 262. 



February 21. — There was read an Account of a Sepulchral Urn, con- 

 taining fragments of bones and a boar's tusk, found near the village of Ra- 

 then in Aberdeenshire. By John Gordon, Esq. of Cairnbulgh. 



The sepulchral urn described in this paper was circular, resembling in 

 shape a ball of about thirteen inches in diameter, cut through about four 

 inches from the top. It was nearly filled with the remains of human 

 bones in small particles, together with a considerable quantity of dry 

 earthy matter. The urn was surrounded by upright stones about a foot 

 and a half in length, on the top of which was placed a flat one, resembling 

 the one on which the urn stood. The boar's tusk was perfectly sound and 

 entire when found ; but in about a month it cracked, and broke in one or 

 two places. About fifteen or twenty years ago, several similar urns were 

 dug up ; but we have not learned that any boars' tusks were found in them. 



