HIS TORT of the SOCIETY 



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Lit. CI. Mr Dalzel read an EfTay on the Standard of 

 Tafte, and on the Nature and Hiftory of Criticifm. He did 

 not incline that this Eflay, or any abftracl of it, fhould be 

 printed in this volume. 



Dec. 17. 

 Mr Dalzel on 

 the ftandard of 

 tafte. 



He alfo read a fhort EfTay by the Reverend Mr Robertson, 

 Minifter of Dalmeny, on the Subjunctive Mode in Englifh Verbs, 

 and on pall and will. The author did not incline that any 

 account of this EfTay fhould be given in this volume. 



Phyf. CI. Dr Walker read a continuation of Mr Lochead's 

 paper 4 on the Natural Hiftory of Madeira. [Seefipra, Nov. 5. 1787.] 



Mr Robertfon 

 on the fubjunc- 

 tive mode in 

 Englifh verbs. 



1788. 



Jan. 7. 

 Mr Lochead on 

 the nat. hift. of 

 Madeira. 



Lit. CI. MrMACONOCHiE read a paper containing Obferva- j™. 21. 

 tions refpec*ttng the Country, Religion, Political Inftitutions, onthe Hindoos! 

 and Sciences of the Hindoos. 



At the fame Meeting, Mr Commiflioner Smith reported the 

 opinion of the Committee appointed to examine the three Dif- 

 fertations offered as Solutions of the Count de Windisch- 

 gratz's Problem, [See fupra, Aug. 6. T787.] ; "which was, 

 That none of the three DifTertations amounted, either to a folu- 

 tion, or to an approximation towards a folution of that pro- 

 blem^ The Committee, however, intimated their opinion, that 

 one of thefe DifTertations, fuperfcribed with the following fen- 

 tence, Si quid novijli reBius ijlis, &c. though neither a folution 

 of the problem nor an approximation to it, was a work of great 

 merit. The Royal Society, hereupon, pronounced their judg- 

 ment in terms of the faid report; and they requefted Mr Fraser 

 Tytler to tranfmit this judgment, and the opinion of the 

 Committee, by a letter to the Count de Windischgratz. 



Repoit and 

 juJgnient rela- 

 tive to the 

 Count de Win- 

 difchgratz's 

 problem. 



A general Meeting of the Royal Society was held for the 

 election of Members. [See Lift in the Appendix to the Hiftory 

 of the Society.] 



Vol, II. (D) Phyf,. 



Jan. 23. 



General Meet- 

 ing. 



