ADVERTISEMENT. 



The Royal Society of Edinburgh having re- 

 iblved on an annual publication of their Tran- 

 factions, it has become neceffary to make fome chan- 

 ges in the arrangement of the volumes. The Pa- 

 pers, whether Phyfical or Literary, are now intro- 

 duced promifcuoufly, without being diftinguiihed, as 

 before, by thofe feparate titles ; and the divifion into 

 PART I, PART II, &c. is to be underftood as re- 

 ferring only to the order of time, according to which 

 the different collection of Papers, that are to enter into 

 the fame volume, (hall happen to be publifhed. At the 

 end of the laft Part of each volume will be given the 

 Hiflory of the Society, including, as ufual, the Bio- 

 graphical Accounts, the Lift of Members, and fuch 

 details concerning the proceedings of the Society as 

 it may be thought proper to lay before the Public. 



Edinburgh, "1 

 Aug. i. 1799. _f 



^* # The General Title will be given along with the laft Part of the 

 Volume. 



