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APPENDIX 



Thrush, 

 caught at 

 Hoy in Ork- 

 ney. 



Turdus roseus, (the female,) taken by Mr Hamilton 

 of Hoy, in Orkney, in his garden, among a flock of 

 starlings. 



1818. 

 April 4, 

 Captain 

 Scoresby's 

 Account of a 

 NewMagne- 

 tical Instru- 

 ment ; and 

 Dr Fleming 

 on the Tran- 

 spiration of 

 Dew-like 

 Drops on 

 leaves of 

 Corn. 



The Secretary read an abstract of a letter from 

 Captain Scoresby to Professor Jameson, giving an 

 account of an instrument for shewing the Longi- 

 tude, founded on a hitherto unknown principle in 

 Magnetism. Also a notice from Dr Fleming of 

 Flisk, relative to the Drops of Moisture observed 

 on the tops of the leaves of young shoots of Corn, 

 which have generally been considered as Dew, but 

 which Dr Fleming shewed to be a liquid transpired 

 by the plant. 



. 1818. 



April 18. 

 Mr Steven- 

 son on Fill- 

 ing up of 

 Fresh-water 

 Lakes. 



A Commit- 

 tee appoint- 

 ed to meet 

 with the Di- 

 rectors of the 

 Highland 

 Society, in 

 regard to the 

 introduction 

 of the Rocky 

 Mountain 

 Sheep into 

 Scotland. 



The Secretary read a communication from Mr 

 Stevenson, civil engineer, on the Encroachment of 

 the Water of Loch Lomond, and other fresh water 

 Lakes, on their banks, and the tendency to fill up 

 in the middle. Likewise an extract of a letter 

 from Mr Bald, now at Newcastle, describing some 

 of the Collieries there, and illustrating the import- 

 ance and efficacy of the Wire-gauze Safety-Lamp. 

 A report by Mr Laurie on the Rocky Mountain 

 Sheep having been presented, the following gentle- 

 men were appointed a committee to communicate 

 with the Directors of the Highland Society of 

 Scotland, and to request their attention to the 

 importance of endeavouring to introduce a breed 

 of the animal into this country, and their assistance 



