TRANSACTIONS 



OF THE 



ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH. 



VOLUME XLVII. PART L— SESSION 1908-9. 



CONTENTS. 



I. Notes on Hydrodynamics, chiefly on Vortex Motion. By Professor Andrew Gray, F.R.S., . 1 



(Issued April 15, 1909.) 



II. The Glacial Deposits of Western Carnarvonshire. By T. J. Jehu, M.D. (Edin.), M.A. (Camb.), 

 F.G.S., Lecturer in Geology at the University of St Andrews. (With Four Plates and 

 One Map), .......... 17 



(Issued May 3, 1909.) 



X HI. Scottish National Antarctic Expedition: Observations on the Anatomy of the Weddell Seal 

 (Leptonychotes Weddelli). By David Hepburn, M.D., Professor of Anatomy, University 

 College, Cardiff (University of Wales). (With One Plate), . . . .57 



(Issued May 25, 1909.) 



IV. Supplementary Report on the Hydroids of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition. By 



James Ritchie, M.A., B.Sc, Natural History Department, The Royal Scottish Museum, 65 



(Issued May 27, 1909.) 



V. The Meteorology of the Weddell Quadrant and Adjacent Areas. By Robert C. Mobsman. 



(With Five Plates), ......... 103 



(Issued June 9, 1909.) 



VI. The Monsoons of the Chilian Littoral (Preliminary Note). By R. C. Mossman, . .137 



(Issued September 13, 1909.) 



VII. A Carboniferous Fauna from Nowaja Semlja, collected by Dr W. S. Bruce. By G. W. Lee, 

 D.Sc, H.M. Geological Survey. With Notes on the Corals by R. G. Carruthers. 

 (With Two Plates), . . . . . . . . .143 



(Issued September 24, 1909.) 



X, VIII. Scottish National Antarctic Expedition : Osteology of Antarctic Seals. By Robert B. 



Thomson, M.B., Ch.B., University of Edinburgh. (With One Plate), . . .187 



(Issued October 12, 1909.) 



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