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were proposed at this meeting, and admitted on that of the 

 10th, when Sir. R. Cox finished his History of Judland ; read 

 some papers on Ireland, and on the bringing of the Society 

 into its ancient model, &c. On this evening the Hon. Francis 

 Roberts was elected President ; Dr. Charles Willoughby, 

 Secretary, and Francis CuiF, Esq., Treasurer. 



" Bound up with this minute book are several copies of a 

 letter, which I judge to be of the same date, and of which the 

 following is a copy : 



" ' Sir, — The Dublin Society is again revived, and they 

 have ordered me to give you notice of it, and desire me to 

 renew their correspondence with you. We are as yett but very 

 young, and therefor cannot hope to make any suitable returne, 

 but must have a little time to settle, after the disorder the 

 warr has put every thing into here. Mr. Roberts is chosen 

 President, and our Society increases by new elections, so that 

 we may expect it may be considerable, and then there may be 

 something fit to be communicated from, 



" ' Sir, your most humble Servant, 



" ' Owen Lloyd,'_F.T.C.D. 



" A considerable hiatus occurs after this entry; but it ap- 

 pears that in the year 1707, an attempt was made to re-esta- 

 blish the Society ; but its success was not of any long duration, 

 and this MS. contains a register of the philosophical papers 

 read before the Society, from August 5th, 1707, to March 

 11th, 1708. The Earl of Pembroke, then Lord Lieutenant 

 of Ireland, presided over the Society at this revival. Addit. 

 MSS. 4812. 



" The Minutes do not inform us who the members were 

 that attended this re-union, but the following is a list of the 

 papers read during .that period : — 



Tlje Bishop of Clogher. — A Letter from, to Dr. Molyneaux, con- 

 cerning an odd Hare's Tooth ; afterwards accounted for by Dr. 

 Molyneaux. 

 Mr. Derham. — On the Spots on llie Sun, 



