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crocodiles, contemporaries of the Colossochclys in the Sewalik fuuuu, 

 have survived; 2nd, from the indications of mythology in regard to 

 a gigantic species of tortoise in India. 



" Some of the bones were analysed with great care by Mr. Mid- 

 dleton, and yielded a large proportion of fluorine, the constituents 

 being, — 



Phosphate of lime G4'95 



Carbonate of lime 22'36 



Fluoride of calcium 11 "68 



Oxide of iron lUO 



A trace of chloride of soda. 



99-99 

 " Other Sewalik fossil bones were at the same time subjected to 

 anidysis, such as the Mastodon elephantoides, Camelus sivalensis. Horse, 

 Ruminants, &c., and the whole of them yielded similar results, with 

 a ])roportion of fluoride of calcium varying from 9 to 11 per cent. 

 'I'his is much above the usual quantity found in fossil bones ; the 

 utmost that has been met with having been in bones of the Anoplo- 

 therium from the Paris basin, 14 per cent." 



May 28. — William Horton Lloyd, Esq., in the Chair. 



Tlie following extracts w^ere read from a letter from Robert Tem- 

 pleton, Esq., M.D., Corr. Mem., Royal Artillery, Colombo, Ceylon : — 



" You will be glad to learn that I yesterday heard of a new mon- 

 key, which I imagine, from the description, must belong to the same 

 genus as the Wanderoo. Every day brings some novelty to my no- 

 tice, but I regret to say that although I have many promises from 

 oflicers at out-stations, I do not receive specimens as fast as I could 

 wish. 



" You may announce to the Society that 1 had an accouchement 

 in my house of a Loris, the affair occupying about half an hour, at 

 the end of which a little naked object was fully in the world, about 

 two inches long, like a young mouse, perfectly without covering, a 

 large head, attenuate body, and excessively slender legs ; the face 

 and eyes were proportionally much smaller than in the older animal. 

 It clung to the mother so tenaciously, that I believe it would have 

 almost parted with its legs rather than let go its hold. The mother 

 died on the following night and the young one immediately after, so 

 that I had little time for observing them. You will perceive from 

 the half-finished sketch I enclose that it is not at all entitled to the 

 usual appellation of dog-like, which has been derived I presume from 

 the drawings having hitherto been made from stuff'ed specimens. 



" The loss of the ' Memnon' has been a matter of serious concern 

 to me, as she carried a paper which cost much trouble, and of which 

 I foolishly destroyed the copy ; unfortunately, since that time I have 

 had neither leisure nor specimens from which to work out another. 

 In the meantime I wish you to inform the Society that there is found 

 in the alpine regions of Ceylon during the rainy season enormous 

 worms, reaching from twenty to forty inches in length, and about 



