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February 7, 1839. 



The MARQUESS of NORTHAMPTON, President, in the Chair. 



James Heywood, Esq., and the Rev. Henry Moseley, M.A., were 

 severally elected Fellows of the Society. 



A paper was read, entitled, " Notice of a Shock of an Earthquake 

 felt in the Island of St. Mary's, one of the Scilly Islands, on the 

 21st of January, 1839," in a letter addressed to the Secretar}^ By 

 the Rev. George Wordley. 



The tremulous motion of the ground is described as being very 

 slight, and felt chiefly in the south parts of the island. It was ac- 

 companied by a peculiarly harsh and grating sound, which was only 

 of momentary duration, and no particular agitation of the sea was 

 observed. 



A paper was in part read, entitled, " Obsei-vations on the Parallel 

 Roads of Glen Roy, and of other psirts of Lochabar, with an attempt 

 to prove that they are of Marine Origin." By Charles Darwin, Esq., 

 M.A., F.R.S., Sec. Geol. Soc. 



