of the Mauritius. 131 



Mr. K. lien arti read a notice of a vegeto-animal substance, 

 wliicli he conceived 10 belong to llie numerous genus of Meco- 

 nium. 



Mr. .). Lienard described one of the Crustacea?, of the genus 

 Podophthalmus. It is common on the shores. 



November 9.— Several books were presented to the Society. 

 There were elected — as an Ordinary Member, Mr. Dowland of 

 the Mauritius ; and, as Correspondents, Messrs. M. Sanzier of 

 Bourbon; Professor Hooker, Glasgow; N. Vigors, Secretary 

 to the Zoologie. Society, London, G.Don, Librarian to the 

 Linnean Society, London ; Ad. Brougniart, D.M.P.; Vic. Au- 

 douin, DM. P.; Milne Edouards, D.M.P. ; Adrian Fussiew of 

 Paris ; Robert Barclay, Bury-hill, London. 



Mr. J. Desjardins read remarks on two chapters of the 

 Voyage dc V Uremic, relating to the Mauritius. 



Dr. I.yall exhibited Sir II. Davy's Safety Lamp, accompanied 

 by verbal remarks ; and also, an Apparatus for rapid cooking 

 ol iooil, in which he dressed in less than three minutes, a beef- 

 steak, in presence of the Society. 



Capt. Longmore communicated a drawing of the fruit of the 

 Vacqua f Pandamis.), which is common in our forests. 



Mr. Ch. Telfair deposited with the Society, anextractofa 

 letter from Councillor Schreiber, to Professor W. Bojer, V. P. 

 dated at Vienna, 12th June, 18;i0, which was sent, accom- 

 panied by a gold medal and a donation of 100O piastres, as a 

 testimony of the high esteem which His Majesty the Emperor 

 of Austria entertained for the zeal and acquirements of Mr. 

 Bojer. 



Dec. 7. — There was admitted as Member, Mr. J. 11. Barry, 

 Professor of Greek in the College of Mauritius; aiTd, as Cor- 

 respondents, Sir John Jameson, Dr. A. Nisbet, Sir W, E. 

 Parry, Mr. F. E. Gm'rin, Mr. Achille Richard. 



Mr. J. Desjardins reported, that he had received notice that 

 Baron Cuvier had ordered a bust of himself to be prepared for 

 the purpose of being presented to" the Natural History Society 

 of the Mauritius ; and that this illustrious Naturalist had read 

 in the Institute, a memoir relating to a note from Mr. J. Des- 

 jardins, on bones which he conceived to belong to the Didus 

 incptus, (the Dodo,) and which were being compared with those 

 in the British Museum. 



Mr. Faraguct continued his observations on the Machinery 

 proposed by Capt. Pole, for the movement of steam-ships. 



Mr. L. Bouton, after having presented to the Society the. 



tay nn the Family of Thalassiophyta, by Lamouroux, and the 



