836 BEPORT — 1893. 



the Orkneys and Scotland as far south as Aberdeen. The ohser^ations, so far as 

 they have been discussed, extend the results obtained by Dr. H. R. Mill to the 

 west of Lewis in 1887 ; a warm layer, temperature 5.3° to 56° F., varying in thickness 

 from fifteen to twenty-five fathoms, lies upon the main body of water, the surface of 

 which is some 3° to 4° colder, while its temperature decreases with the depth. At 

 400 fathoms in the Fsero Channel the temperature recorded was 30°'9 F. 



7. The Clyde Sea Area : a Sluchj in Physical Geography . 

 By Hugh Robert Mill, B.Sc, F.B.S.E. 



This paper deals comprehensively with the results of the investisrations carried 

 out by the author for the Scottish Marine Station and the Fishery Board for Scot- 

 land on the Clyde Sea Area. 



The relations of salinity and temperature throughout the mass of the water 

 are shown to be conditioned almost entirely by the configuration of the various 

 basins of which the Clyde Sea Area is composed. 



The influence of water temperature on the air is also discussed, the effects 

 of the Gulf Stream plainly visible at the entrance to the Area being entirely 

 neutralised in its landward reaches. 



The complete paper, with numerous illustrations, will be published iu the 

 ' Transactions ' of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. 



8. Configuration of tlie English Lakes. 

 By Hugh Robert Mill, B.Sc, F.B.S.E. 



This is a preliminary note describing the soundings taken by the author 

 and Mr. E. Heawood during June, July, and September, 1893, on Windermere, 

 Ullswater, Coniston Water, Wastwater, Derwentwater, and Bassenthwaite. 

 From the observations made profiles across the lake beds were drawn, and the 

 contour lines of depth laid down on maps. Specimens of the deposits on the 

 floors of the lakes were collected, and will be described. This is the only sys- 

 tematic survey of the lakes made with a view to delineating the configuration of 

 the basins, and the work will be utilised on the Ordnance Survey maps as soon 

 as it has been fully discussed. 



The complete discussion will be presented to the Royal Geographical Society, 



SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 16. 

 This Section did not meet. 



[Paintings made during a voyage to the Antarctic regions by Mr. W. G. Burn 

 Murdoch were exhibited in the Section Room from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.] 



MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 18. 



The following Reports and Papers were read : — 



1. Beport of the Committee on the Exploration of Ancient Remains 

 in Abyssinia. — See Reports, p. 557. 



2. Report of the Committee on the Climatological and Hydrographical 

 Conditions of Tropical Africa. — See Reports, p. 572. 



