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oldest to the newest members of the formation. In the 

 course of his paper, the doctor gave distinct and satisfactory 

 answers to the following queries, which had been proposed 

 by Professor Jameson: 1. Does the Bass Rock in the Frith 

 of Forth belong to the newest floetztrap formation ? 2. 

 Does the sienitic greenstone of Fassnett in East Lothian 

 belong to the transition rocks, or to the newest floetztrap 

 formation? Are the geognostic relations of the porphyry 

 slate, or clinkstone porphyry, of East Lothian, the same as 

 in other countries? The doctor announced his intention of 

 reading, at the next meeting of tiie Society, a description 

 of the different veins that occur in East Lothian, and of giv- 

 ing a short statement of the geognostical and economical in- 

 ferences to be deduced from the appearances which he has 

 investigated with so much care. It is indeed only by inves- 

 tigations like those of Dr, Ogilby, that we obtain any cer- 

 tainty respecting the mineral treasures of a country; and. 

 such alone can afibrd us data for a legitimate theory of the 

 formation of the globe. 



At the same meeting, a communication from Col. Monta- vr^ _ . 



^ ^ew Species of 



give was read, describing a new species of fasciola, of a red fascioJa occa- 



colour, and. about an inch long, which sometimes lodges in ^""'"gadis- 



. '^ sase in poultry. 



the trachea of chickens, and which the colonel found to be 



the occasion of the distemper called the shapes, so fatal to 

 these useful tenants of the poultry yard. The knowledge of 

 the true cause of this malady will, it is hoped, soon be fol- 

 lowed by the discovery of a specific cure; in the mean time, 

 a very simple popular remedy is employed in Devonshire : 

 the meat of the chicks (barley or oat meal) is merely mixed 

 up with urine, in place of water, and this prescription is very 

 generally attended with the best effects. 



To CORRESPONDENTS. 



Mr. Gough's answer to Mr. Barlow, and the communica- 

 tion from Mr, Moore, in our next. 



O's letters will be attended to. 



