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sionally passing through gunpowder without homing it ; he 



Jdeby Mr. Williams on the coast of Labrador, and m New- 



f0 He l Ss d o'reada P a P er, by Mr. Anderson, of Inverness on the 

 Geognosy of the Great Glen of Scotland ; and an account by Mr. 

 Edmonston of a new species of Gull. 



Mr Trevelyan read a notice of some remarkable Hail Storms. 



A TaSr book, belonging to Lord Hastings waj i h« ,ded round 

 the Society; while some remarks upon it were lead by Mr. 



BU A^ e this meeting were exhibited the specimen of the Walrus 

 sent by Cant Parry from Barrow's Strait, which was in excel- 

 Lnt state o P f preparation; also the Tapir of Malacca, and the 



^g^Ont^untofthe funeral of the late Dr. Gregory, 

 Professor of the Practice of Physic, the Society adjourned with- 



° Ut lZ e ltSL h ::^ of Professor Agardh's paper on the 

 Metamorphosis of Sea Platels was commenced. . .. >■ 



A piper on the Geography and Tin Mines of the Island of 



^Account of Meteorological Observations made by the Rev. 

 Mr Macritchie in Perthshire. m . . , 



M f Trevelyan exhibited an Etching of a Fossil Tree, on which 



he made some observations. p ... „, nf ihe 



A notice was communicated regarding the Plantings ot the 

 Duke of Athol in Perthshire. f ., v,. 



Mr. Stevenson read a paper, giving an Account of the Explo- 

 sion of a High Pressure Steam-Boiler at Lochnn Distillery, near 



m Apr7lt\.-A Biographical Account of the late Dr. William 



A S narrative was read of Dr. Colladon's Descent in a Diving 



The reading of Professor Agardh's paper on the Metamor- 

 phosis of Alga?, was continued. . . 



A communication from Dr. Fleming was read, giving an 

 Account of a remarkable Species of Trichia, found growing in 

 a Solution of Succinate of Ammonia. 



May 19—A paper was read by Dr. Knox on the Meteorology 

 of the Southern Peninsula of Africa, and on the Temperature oi 

 the Northern Atlantic Ocean. From numerous observations, tne 

 author ascertained the medium temperature of the southern 

 peninsula of Africa to be about 66° of Fahr. and thinks that this 

 ,s applicable to that vast tract of country lying between latitudes 

 28" and 34° S. and longitude 1 8° and 28° E. The author shows 

 that the climate of the interior of Southern Africa, as it regards 



