HISTORY OF THE SOCIETY. 



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The Secretary read the remainder of Colonel 



1815. 

 May 20. 



Montagu's paper on rare British Fishes : and Conciusioa 



r " • £• -r> 1 i_- 1 -n J of Colonel 



also his account of a species or Delphmus, killed Montagu's 

 in the River Dart in Devonshire. Fish^e&" 



The Secretary read a notice from Mr H. M. 

 Dacosta, regarding Native Iron from Leadhills. 

 This notice is published in 2d vol. Mem. p. 370. 

 — 372. Also several descriptions of Shells, by 

 Captain Brown. 



1815. 

 Nov. 25, 



Mr Dacos- 

 ta on Na- 

 tive Iron, 



Captain 



Bi-own's 

 descriptioa 

 of Shells. 



The Secretary read the description of an im- 

 proved Rain Gauge, by Mr Kerr. 



The Secretary read Dr Mac knight's Mine- 

 ralogical description of Ravensheugh ; and Pro- 

 fessor Jameson communicated extracts of an in- 

 teresting Letter from Dr Mitchell of New- 

 York. 



1815. 

 Dec. 16. 

 Mr Kerr's 

 Rain Gauge. 



1816. 

 Jan. 6. 

 Dr Mack- 

 night's 

 on Ravens- 

 heugh. 

 Dr Mit- 

 chell's let- 

 ter. 



The Secretary read a Mineralogical description 

 ' the country around Loch Doon in Ayrshire 

 by Dr Grierson, and the description was illus- 



1816. 

 Jan. 20. 



of the country around Loch Doon in Ayrshire, ^J^.g 



scription of 

 Loch IDoou. 



trated by an exhibition of specimens. Captain captain 

 Laskey presented a drawing of an uncommon drawing of 

 Petrifaction, resembling an Actinia, found by tion?"^^^" 

 him in sandstone. 



Mr Campbell read the first part of his paper 

 on the upright grov/th of Vegetables ; and the Zn 



1816. 



Feb. 3. 

 Mr Camp- 

 on tha 



