HISTORY OF THE SOCIETY. 



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The Secretary read the continuation of Mr j^^^^j 



Scoresby's account of the Polar-Ice, Then MrScorcs- 



. by on Polar 



a description of some remarkable Atmospheric ice. 



Appearances observed during a Thunder Storm on MrSyme 



XT XT on 3- re** 



the 29th of July last, by Mr P. Syme, with markabie 



meteoric 



beautiful sketches. Professor Jameson con- appearance, 



tinned his account of the Mineralogy of East Professor 



. . Jameson 



Lothian. Mr Charles Whitlow from Amen- on the mi- 

 ca, exhibited specimens of a new species of Ur- Eas?iS.° 

 tica, found by him in Upper Canada, which af- , 

 fords a fibre, considered to be superior to that of low 



on a 



new species 



hemp, of Urtica. 



The Secretary read a communication from Dr i8i5. 



. . . I^eb. 4. 



Yule, on the germination and physical economy Dr Yuie on 

 of Ferns ; and also the first part of a paper by ^i^^-^^^ 



Dr Fleming, on the Mineralogy of the Red- ®ntbeRed 



' Head. 



head. 



The conclusion of Dr Fleming's account of 



r eb. lci>. 



the Redhead, was read, and illustrated by spe- Dr Fleming 



on the Red 



cimens. Professor Jameson read a short ac- Head, 

 count of the Geographical and Physical distribu- Jameson'^ 

 tion of the Fossil remains of Animals of the Ele- ^em^^f 

 phant tribe, and exhibited a mammoth's tooth, theEie- 



.... phant ; and 



discovered by Mr Auld during his residence in of MrAuid's 



•TTiiTi ir- • 1 discovery of 



Hudson s Eay, this bemc: the first time such re- the mam- 

 pfiains have been observed so far north in Ame- Hudson's 



Bay. 



