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referred, reported their unanimous opinion that the offer should 

 be accepted. Upon which the Academy resolved that applica- 

 tion should be made to the Minister of the Interior requesting 

 his Majesty's authority to accept the sum thus liberally offered 

 for the above-mentioned purpose. 



M. Geoffroy-Sainte-Hilaire read a memoir on the structure of 

 the os hyoides in different animals. 



Sept. 15. — After some letters had been read, the remainder of 

 the sitting was occupied by two memoirs : the one by M. Moreau 

 de Jonnes, entitled, " A Geological and Mineralogical Examina- 

 tion of the Volcanic Mountains of Vauclin, in the Island of 

 Martinique ; " and the other by Gen. Sauviac, " On the Ocean." 



Sept. 22. — M. Fevre presented the continuation of his " Essay 

 on the Construction of Chemical Tables," which was referred to 

 a committee. 



A report was made on " Maps of the Kingdom of Portugal," 

 by Jose Correa de Mello and Pedro Cardoso Giraldes. 



M. Sylvestre, in the name of a committee, made a report on 

 a memoir by M. Huzard, jun. ; the object of which is an inquiry 

 into the qualities which characterized the English horses before 

 their amelioration, the present state of the breed, and the 

 methods by which the English have succeeded in producing 

 those qualities to which their horses are indebted for the high 

 esteem in which they are now held. 



M. Portal read a paper, entitled, " Considerations on Peri- 

 toneal Inflammation." 



Sept. 29. — M. Arrago read a letter from M. Dupin giving an 

 account of an Aurora Borealis observed by him at Glasgow. 



The reading of M. Moreau de Jonnes's memoir was proceeded 

 with. 



A memoir by M. Lapostolle on conductors against lightning 

 was referred to a committee. 



Oct. 6. — M. Coquebert-Montbret began the reading of a very 

 minute report on the circumnavigation of the globe, by M. 

 Krusenstern. 



A letter was read from M. Henri, Ingenieur des Pouts et 

 C/ifiitssces, dated Florae, depart, de la Lazere, giving an account 

 of a mass of native oxide of iron in which are many particles of 

 native iron, found in the bed of a torrent near Florae. Messrs. 

 llaiiy and Vauquelin were requested to examine the specimens 

 accompanying the paper. 



Oct. 13. — Two proof pieces of the medal struck in comme- 

 moration of the voyage of the corvette Urania were presented 

 by the Minister of Marine. 



M. Babinet, ancien c-leve of the Polytechnic School, pre- 

 sented a memoir in which he examines the precision of the for- 

 mula given by M. Laplace on the deviation ot'bodies falling from 

 a great height. 



