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I felt justified in trusting to what seemed my very distinct recollection 

 of its sense. I had the less hesitation in doing this, as in M. Vogt's 

 subsequently published ' Zoologische Briefe*/ he gives the received 

 interpretation to the parts of the so-called 'hearts' without any in- 

 dication of a change of opinion. 



I make this statement in explanation of what might otherwise 

 seem to be great carelessness on my part, and for the purpose of 

 further pointing out that M. Vogt not having made the supposed 

 discovery, it is quite impossible that Professor Owen's researches 

 should have been suggested by it. 



February 22, 1855. 

 The LORD WROTTESLEY, President, in the Chair. 



Henry John Reynolds Moreton, Earl of Ducie, was balloted for 

 and duly elected a Fellow of the Society. 



The following communications were read : 



I. "On the Temperature and Density of the Seas between South- 

 ampton and Bombay via the Mediterranean and Red Seas." 

 By MM. ADOLPHE, HERMANN, and ROBERT SCHLAGINT- 

 WEIT. Communicated by the Court of Directors of the 

 Honourable East India Company. Presented by Professor 

 STOKES, Sec. R.S. Received January 11, 1855. 



In this communication the authors give the results of the observa- 

 tions they had made during their voyage, relative to the temperature 

 and specific gravity of the sea- water, both near the surface and at 

 depths ranging from about 18 to 30 metres, the latter being nearly 



* Frankfort, 1851, vol. i. p. 285. 



