HISTORY OF THE SOCIETY. 



647 



Frith of Forth. This description is inserted in 2d Mr Leach's 



Description 



vol. Mem. p. 58. — 60. of a 



Sword Fish. 



The Secretary read a communication from Dr 

 Edmonstone, entitled, Observations on the La- 

 rus parasiticus. Professor Jameson then gave 

 a short Description of some specimens of Sy. 

 enite from Galloway, containing Zircon and 

 Sphene. 



The Secretary read a communication from the 

 Reverend Mr Fleming, describing a Bed of Fossil 

 Shells which occurs near Borrowstounness ; and the 

 Description of a new species of Echinus, observed by 

 Mr Leaoh in Bantry Bay, and which he proposed 

 to call E. lithophagus. Professor Jameson read a 

 series of Observations on the Geognostical relations 

 and Formation of Granite ; and also Observations 

 on the mode to be followed in describing Petri- 

 factions, which he illustrated by the description of 

 an undescribed camerated fossil shell from Sici- 

 ly. The description was accompanied by a set of 

 very highly finished drawings. 



1811. 

 Nov. 16. 

 Dr Edmon- 

 stone on the 

 Larua pa- 

 rasiticus. 

 Professor 

 Jameson 

 on Syenite 

 from Gallo- 

 way. 



1811. 

 Nov. 30. 

 MrFleming 

 on a bed of 

 Fossil 

 Shells. 

 Mr Leach*s 

 description 

 of a new 

 Echinus. 



Professor 

 Jameson 

 on Granite, 

 and on the 

 mode of 

 describing 

 Fossil Or- 

 ganic re- 

 mains. 



The Secretary read the description of a new isu. 



Craniometer proposed by Mr Leach. Likewise i^Leadi's 

 a series of Thermometrical Observations on the 



meter. 



Temperature of the Gulf Stream, communicated ^r Mansojt 



^ on Gulf 



T t 2 Stream. 



