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APPENDIX. 



1814. 

 Dec. 3. 

 Captain 

 Brown's 

 description 

 of new 

 Shells. 



M.Gieseke's 

 descriptions 

 of new and 

 rare Green- 

 land iTiine- 

 rals. 



Dr Yule on 

 the Asple- 

 nium Ruta- 

 muraria. 



The Secretary read a communication from Cap* 

 tain Brown, describing five new species of Shells, 

 observed by him in Ireland, illustrated with draw- 

 ings, and giving a list of the Shells found by him 

 in Dublin Bay. Then Professor Jameson read 

 Mr Gieseke's descriptions of some rare and new 

 Minerals observed by him in Greenland. Dr 

 Yule gave an account of his having succeeded 

 in raising from the seed, one of the smallest of the 

 British Ferns, the Asplenuim ruta-muraria of Lin- 



N^US. 



1814. 

 Dec. 17. 



Letter from 

 Mr Scott 

 regarding 

 the junction 

 of Transi- 

 tion and 

 Flcetz rocks. 



Professor 

 Jameson 

 on the mi- 

 neralogy of 

 the South 

 of Scotland. 



Mr Miller 

 on Flexible 

 Sandstone 

 from Ayr- 

 shire. 



Mr Scores- 

 by on the 

 nature of 

 Polar lee. 



Professor Jameson read a letter from Mr 

 Scott at Ormiston, describing the junction of 

 the Transition and Floetz Rocks near Jedburgh, 

 and mentioning the occurrence of Granite in Rox- 

 burghshire. Professor Jameson then read the 

 first part of his observations on the Mineralogy 

 of the Southern Division of Scotland, including a 

 general account of the Floetz Formations in the 

 Middle Division of Scotland, and a particular de- 

 scription of the Rocks which occur on the coast 

 of East Lothian. Specimens of Red Sandstone 

 were presented by Mr M.i\.l^k junior, from Bar- 

 skimming in Ayrshire, which, when cut into long 

 thin bars, possess a degree of flexibility, the 

 flexibility being considerably increased when the 

 stone is wetted. The Secretary then read the 

 first part of Mr Scoresby's paper on the nature 

 of the Polar Ice, 



