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4th. It is beautifully seen in the cells of the formative material of 
the soft horn of the foot of the foetal calf. 
(5th. It is met with in the muscular flesh of healthy horses ?) 
6th. In the cartilage of the embryo of the chick. 
7th. In the muscles and lungs of hybernating animals. 
8th. In muscles paralyzed in consequence of section of their motor 
nerves. 
9th. Although easily separable from the liver tissue by boiling wa- 
ter, it does not in its natural (raw) state produce with iodine its characte- 
ristic reaction. 
This last is one of the fundamental points which leads to the notion 
that in this organ it gets into union, more or less intimate, with some 
azotized compound, and passes from the order of starch to that of pro- 
teic compounds in its normal assimilative progress. 
That the retrograde process, destructive assimilation, or disassimila- 
tion of the muscles, &c., is, under certain circumstances, accompanied 
by the production of sugar, lactic acid, and inosite, all non-nitrogenous, 
is corroborative of the same view. 
Rey. Charles Graves, D. D., read a paper ‘‘ On a hitherto undescribed 
class of Monumental Stones found in Ireland,” supposed by him to be 
maps; and in the course of the paper he established a law of alignment 
of the raths, duns, and lisses, which are found to be, in general, three by 
three in straight lines in all parts of Ireland. 
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1860. 
James HentHorn Topp, D. D., President, in the Chair. 
Ir was resolved, on the recommendation of the Council, that the Com- 
mittee of Publication be restored, pursuant to Chapter IX. of the By- 
Laws, some time repealed; that the Committee of Publication shall 
meet the day following each meeting of the Academy ; and that it shall 
be part of its duty to decide as to whether the papers read to the Aca- 
demy shall appear in the Proceedings or in the Transactions. 
The following is chapter ix. of the By-Laws, now re-enacted :— 
‘“‘T. That a Committee be formed, corresponding to the Committee 
of Publication of the Royal Society. 
‘TI. That the Committee shall consist of seven members—three from 
the Committee of Science, and two from each of the other Committees. 
“‘TII. That it shall be the duty of this Committee— 
‘1. To report to Council on all papers offered for publication in the 
Transactions. 
«2, To superintend the final correction of the press, and to see that 
the printing and engraving are executed in a manner credit- 
able to the Academy. 
‘« 3. To arrange all details connected with the printing and publi- 
cation of the Transactions of the Academy and the Proceed- 
ings. i 
