President's Address. 



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ment to a Society lately formed in Edinburgh for the preven- 

 tion of cruelty to the inferior animals." 



On 25th January 1840, Forbes read an account of the En- 

 tozoa of the Cydippe pileus, showing that, besides a Filaria, 

 there is a curious tongue-shaped parasitic animal, which was 

 first detected by Major Play fair of St Andrews, and has been 

 called by Forbes Tetrastoma Playfairii. 



On 22d February 1840, Lord Greenock's discovery of Sul- 

 phuret of Cadmium in rocks on the banks of the Clyde is no- 

 ticed, and the mineral is called Greenockite by Professor 

 Jameson. Mr Cunningham read a paper on the Geognosy of 

 the Island of Arran. 



On 7th March 1840, Mr Bald read a notice regarding the 

 extent and commercial value of the blackband ironstone in 

 Scotland ; and Mr James Wilson recorded the result of Mr 

 Shaw's observations on the fry of the salmon. 



On 4th April 1840, Professor Jameson proposed that the 

 Society strongly recommend the measuring of the heights of 

 the coast lines of Fuci along the shores of Scotland, the Hebri- 

 des, and the Orkney and Shetland Islands ; and the Society 

 accordingly remitted the subject particularly to Dr Greville, 

 Mr Robert Stevenson, and Mr Edward Forbes ; and further 

 directed the Secretary to intimate the recommendation to the 

 Rev. Charles Clouston of Sandwick, Dr George Johnston of 

 Berwick, and Dr Edmonston of Unst. Professor Jameson 

 showed specimens of compact felspar of great hardness, from 

 a bed which has occurred in the deep cutting for the Edin- 

 burgh and Glasgow Railway, very near Winchburgh, and 

 has greatly impeded the operations. 



On 18th April 1840, Edward Forbes made observations on 

 certain rare British zoophytes, illustrated by drawings. 



On 14th November 1840, Mr John Goodsir is recommended 

 as a member by Professor J ameson and Dr Neill ; and he 

 was elected on 29th November. At that meeting, Forbes 

 read a communication on the classification of Mollusca. 



On 12th December 1840, Dr Richardson sent a communi- 

 cation on the frozen soil of North America. Mr Goodsir 

 read an account of certain peculiarities in the structure of the 

 short sun-fish {Orthagoriscus mold), as observed in a large 



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