Xn. Proceedings of the Society. 



ferences vthieh appear lo hiiu now lo resuli from the facts which 

 he had called lo the attenion of ihnt body. There certainly 

 has exisel, as the Secretary pointed parlirularly out, in the 

 Colony for some monihs pasi a brornh at ; fie^tion of an emi- 

 nently epidennc thifacter, the existence of which can ceriai' ly 

 only be ascribed to s.me almi.S( herical influence. Now this 

 epidemie d sease manifested i self .^ho^l.ly afier the appearance 

 of th^ malady in .h Sugar Cane, whi h in its turn hjd >ucceeled 

 the vaiious epizootics by which sjch a large nuraher of domestic 

 animals have p -risheJ. He endeavoured to tix atiention upon 

 the relation which appeared to him to subsist between the 

 general rlerangtmcnt, which had occurred in Mauritius in the 

 health botb of animals and plants, and the same phenomena 

 observed in Europe by the writer of an arlicle eniiiled «Dry 

 Fogs,* publised in C/tam6er's Edimburgh Journal. 



The Secietary read a Leiter ffom Mr. G. Foote, Secretary to 

 the Boyal Medico Botanical Society of London, acknowledging 

 ll;e receipt, andlhahking the Society for the Lithograph which 

 it had sent to hioaof ihe human monstrosity tAstomos moneps. » 



Mr. James Morris, in a Letter addressed to Mr. Bojer, Vice- 

 President, announced that suifering from bad health and being 

 about to proceed to England, his resignation of the ofTice of 

 "Vice- Secretary to the Society. Mr. Morris tendered his services 

 to the Society, and would be happy to be useful to it in any way 

 during his absence from Mauritius. The Secretary was desired 

 to convey to Mr. Morris the best thanks of the Society and 

 lo express him the sincere regrets of its Members at bis departure. 



The Secretary read a note from Mr. V Dpsvanx respecting the 

 works, which his Lilhographif Establishment is now in a posi- 

 liOQ to uoderiake, and tendering his services to the Societj. 



