1823.] Lhmcan Society. 153 



several poles to a magnet by the following method : he took a 

 set of magnets, and went over a bar with them in one direction, 

 from one end to the middle, then turning the set round went 

 on from the middle to the other end, thus leaving oft" with the 

 same pole that he began with : the bar so magnetized possessed 

 similar poles at the ends, and exhibited opposite polarity in the 

 middle : in this manner even live poles may be given to a single 

 bur of steel. 



At the same meeting, the reading was commenced, of Obser- 

 vations on Magnetism, by John Macdonald, Esq. FRS. 



LINNEAN SOCIETY. 



Jan. 21, 1823. — The following papers were read: — Descrip- 

 tion of three Insects ofKepaul, by Major-Gen. T. Hardwicke, 

 FLS. 



Description of a Tail-less Deer, Native of the Snowy Moun- 

 tains of Nepaul, by the Same. 



Perhaps the Cervus pygargus of Pallas : head the size of that 

 of a full-grown stag ; horns trifurcate, tuberculated at the base; 

 neck curved, like that of a camel, with a mane on the back; 

 when walking, carries its head in a horizontal position. Though 

 called tail-less, it has the thick rudiment of a tail, four or five 

 inches long. Colour, a brownish ash-colour ; darkest along the 

 dorsal line. The following are some of the dimensions of the 

 specimen examined, which was presented by the Court of Cat- 

 mandu to the British resident, and is now in the menagerie of 

 the Marquis of Hastings, in his park at Barrack pore. Length 

 of head 1 foot 5 inches, ditto of neck 3 feet 5 inches, ditto of 

 body 2 feet 5 inches, total length 7 feet 3 inches; height 4 feet 

 o inches, circumference round the abdomen4feet9 inches. Though 

 the animal lias been accustomed to the society of man for two 

 years, yet it still brings its horns into a position of offence or 

 defence when approached ; it is not, however, fierce ; but may 

 easily be led by the horns. 



GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Noc. 1 and 15. — A paper was read " On the Geology of Hun- 

 gary," by the Hon. W. T. H. Fox Strangways, MGS. 



The author, after stating that calcaire grassier is found in the 

 immediate vicinity of Vienna, follows the course of the Danube, 

 and enters near Presburg, the lesser plain of Hungary ; this 

 plain is bounded on the west by the hills called Leitha Guberge, 

 and a granitic chain, which is connected with the White Hills 

 and the Carpathians. These ranges form the gorge of the 

 Danube at Presburg ; on the south is a branch of the Alps of 

 Styria and Carinthia ; on the north are the ramifications of the 

 northern part of the Carpathians ; on the east, the hills of the 

 forest of Bakony, through a gorge of which, between Gran and 

 Buda, the Danube finds its way into the great central plain of 



