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1S17. 

 May 17. 



Communi- 

 catiou from 

 Mr Lauder 

 Dick. 



The Secretary read a communication froitl 

 Thomas Lauder Dick, Esq. contained in a let- 

 ter to Dr Gordon, giving an account of the trans- 

 portation to some distance, by natural means, of 

 a mass of rock, weighing about eight tons, si- 

 tuated near Castle Stewart in Inverness-shire. 



1817. 

 June 7. 

 Communi- 

 cation re- 

 garding the 

 remains of 

 an Elephant 

 found in 

 Ayrshire. 



Communi- 

 cations from 

 Mr Braid, 

 surgeon, 

 Leadhills. 



The Secretary read a communication from Mr 

 John Mackenzie at Irvine, addressed to Colonel 

 FuLLERTON, giving an account of some Fossil 

 Bones, apparently those of an Elephant, found in 

 tirring a sandstone quarry in Ayrshire ; also two 

 communications from Mr Braid, surgeon at Lead- 

 hills, addressed to Dr Charles Anderson, Leith, 

 the one describing a Thunder Storm which occur- 

 red on the 1 5th February 1817; and the other, giv- 

 ing an account of some curious effects of a noxious 

 Gas on several persons exposed to it in the Mines^ 



1817. 

 Nov. 15. 

 The Society 

 adjourn on 

 account of 

 the death of 

 the Princess 

 Charlotte of 

 Wales. 



The Society having met for the first time this 

 Session, it was moved by Professor Jameson, and 

 unanimously agreed to, That in consequence of 

 the melancholy event of the death of the Princess 

 Charlotte of Wales, the Society should imme- 

 diately adjourn, without proceeding to business. 



1817. 

 Dec. ^. 



Mr Scores- 

 by's account 

 of Jan May- 

 en's Island. 



Professor Jameson read a communication from 

 Mr ScoRESBY, containing an account of his ex- 

 amination of the remote and desolate island, 

 named Jan Mayen's Island, and which appeared td 

 him to be principally composed of Volcanic Rocks^ 

 and those of the Floetz-Trap Formation. 



