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HISTORT of the SOCIETY. 



1787. 



cept of them, merely upon this confideration, that a green leaf 

 is a prefent from a hermit. 



Lift of Prefents. 



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8 pieces of China fatin. 

 " 1 filver talent of China. 

 " 1 Pelong handkerchief. 



"I can make no fuitable return for your friendfhip from this 

 " part of the world, and I hope you will excufe it. Poorun 

 " Ker Cushoo will have the honour of paying his refpects to 

 " you ', and I hope you will grant him your favour and protec- 

 " tion in the bufinefs with which he is entrufted." 



June 18. 



Dr Gregory on 

 the moods of 

 verbs. 



Lit. CI. Dr Gregory read a Philological DifTertation, en- 

 titled, Theory of the Moods of Verbs ', which is publifhed in 

 this volume. [No. IV. L it. c?/.] 



July 2. 



Mr Wallace on 

 the eaft wind. 



Letter from the 

 Prefident de 

 Virly. 



On the ufe of 

 cauftic alkali in 

 the cure of gra- 

 •velifh diforders. 



Phyf. CI. Mr George Wallace read the continuation of 

 his DifTertation on the Caufes of the Difagreeablenefs and Cold- 

 nefs of the Eaft Wind. [See fupra, April 2.] 



At the fame Meeting, the following Letter from the Prefident 

 de Virly, at Dijon, was read : 



A Paris ce \orne Mars 1787. 



" II fera peut etre agreable a la Spciete d'apprendre que l'on 

 a applique a Dijon, avec fucces un remede que Ton doit a 

 un medecin de votre ifle : l'alkali cauftique pris interieure- 

 " ment pour le calcul ou la pierre. M. Durande, medecin 

 " de cette ville a eu un malade qui avoit rendu beaucoup de 

 " gravier par les urines, et avoit de grandes douleurs. Le ma- 

 " lade, en meme tems, ne vouloit pas entendre parler de fe 



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