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MEMOIR OF REV. JOHN FLEMING, D.D. 675 
froze; but to others who came to him in doubt or ignorance, he was all 
warmth and geniality. He resembled a large lens of ice, which, when approached 
on the side on which the sun is shining, is cold and repulsive, yet, on the other 
side, it burns with fervent heat. 
It is not for me to estimate his usefulness as a clergyman; every congregation 
which was privileged to have him as its pastor has long ago testified publicly 
to his worth. As a teacher, none has yet arisen to fill his place; as an original 
observer and writer on natural history, he was, in Scotland, for the last fifty 
years, “ Facile princeps rerum naturalium indagator.” 
List of Dr Fleming’s Contributions to Natural Science. 
. Mineralogical Account of Papa Stour, one of the ZetlandIslands. (Wernerian Society 
Memoirs, vol. i. p. 162,—Read 12th Nov. 1808.) 
. Description of a Small-headed Narwal, cast ashore in Zetland. (Wer. Soc, Mem., vol. i- 
p. 181,—Read 10th Dec. 1808.) 
. Report on the Economical Mineralogy of the Orkney and Shetland Islands. (Statzs- 
tical Account of Scotland, 1809.) 
- An Outline of the Flora of Linlithgowshire, specifying only such plants as are omitted 
by Mr Lightfoot, or are marked uncommon by SirJ. H. Smith. (Wer. Soc. Proceed- 
ings, Vol. li. p. 640.—Read May 13, 1809.) 
. Description of several rare Vermes, lately discovered in Shetland. Read to the Wer- 
nerian Society, 9th Dec. 1809, but not noticed in their Proceedings. (Tvlloch’s Phil. 
Mag., vol..xxxiv. p. 470.) 
. On Marine Animals found in Shetland. (Wer. Soc. Pro., vol. ii. p. 643.—Read 19th 
May 1810.) 
7. Chemistry and Natural History. Pamphlet, 16 pp., 1811. 
- On a Bed of Fossil Shells at Borrowstounness. (Wer. Soc. Pro., vol. ii. p. 647.—Read 
11th Nov. 1811. See also Thomson's Annals, vol. iv. p. 133.) 
. Short Account of the Rocks which occur in the Neighbourhood of Dundee. ay Soe. 
Mem., vol. ii. p. 188.—Read 22d Feb. 1812.) 
. Contributions to the British Fauna. (Wer. Soc. Mem., vol. ii. p. 238; 1812 to 1818.) 
. Observations on the Mineralogy of the Neighbourhood of St Andrews. (Wer. Soc. 
Mem., vol. ii. p. 145.—Read Sth Feb. 1813.) 
. Notices respecting the Old ee Mines in Linlithgowshire. (Zhomson’s Annals, 
vol. v. p. 118.) 
. On the Species of Moss found in Scotland. (Wer. Soc. Pro., vel ll. p. 653.—Read 
16th April 1814. Also Thomson’s Annals, vol. iv. p. 71.) 
. Description of Ten Species of British Orthocere. (Wer. Soc. Pro.—Read 12th Nov. 
1814. Also Thomson's Annals, vol. v. p. 199. 
. On the Mineralogy of the Red Head in Angus-shire. (Wer. Soc. Mem., vol. ii. p. 339. 
—Read 4th Feb. 1815.) 
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