President's Address. 



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from his brother, Henry Goodsir, of the Maidre, — a vast ac - 

 cumulation of minute marine animals, which precede the ap- 

 pearance of a herring shoal off the Isle of May. He described 

 also a new species of Cetochilus. 



Mr Goodsir continued for many seasons to give interesting 

 anatomical communications from himself and his brother. 



In February 1845, Dr Traill read a paper on the arrange- 

 ment and character of serpents, while John Goodsir gave a 

 description of Neuronoia Momroii, a species of Entozoon, in- 

 festing the nervous system of the Gadidce. 



On 7th March 1846, Mr Goodsir communicated original 

 observations on the organs of circulation of the Echinodermata. 



28th March 1846, Dr Fleming read a paper on raised beds 

 of shells occurring on the coasts of Scotland ; and Mr John 

 Goodsir read a paper on the anatomical structure of the Hy- 

 per 'oodon Dalei, taken from a specimen stranded near Alloa. 

 And on 19th December 1846, Professor Goodsir exhibited the 

 living larva of Medusa aurita. 



On 20th February 1847, Professor Goodsir read a paper on 

 the morphological constitution of the skeleton of sponges. 



3d April 1847, Dr Martin Barry read a paper on the nu- 

 cleus of the animal and vegetable cell. On 27th November 

 1847, the completion of the bust of Professor Jameson is re- 

 corded, and a statement is made as to its being placed in the 

 Museum. There was no meeting from 27th November 1847 

 till 22d April 1849, owing to Professor Jameson's illness. 



Meetings became very irregular. In 1849, the forty-third 

 session commenced on 24th November, and that was the only 

 meeting for the session. 



The forty-fourth session commenced on 23d November 

 1850, Professor Jameson in the chair. The president stated 

 on the occasion that Dr Neill, the secretary, was prevented 

 from attending by illness, a circumstance which he believed 

 had not occurred previously in the history of the Society since 

 its foundation in 1808. At this meeting Messrs Torrie, Gre- 

 ville, and Hamilton, were requested to act pro tempore as 

 secretaries. 



The Society then adjourned, and did not again meet for 

 business. 



