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of a liquid fire ; the waves being crusted with luminousness, 

 and the appearance altogether grand and imposing. 



THE EVENING MEETING. 

 Earl FiTzwiLLiAM having resumed the Chair, 

 The Rev. Dr. Scoresby described at some length one 

 or two interesting communications which he had made at 

 the recent meeting of the British Association at Cambridge, 

 embracing that by Mr. Hunt " On the Changes produced by 

 the Solar Rays and another by Mons. Couloier Gravier, 

 " Observations on Falling or Shooting Stars at Rheims and 

 Paris," who had ascertained that in the Northern quarter 

 there were, on an average, 74 per day ; in the Eastern 

 quarter, 114; in the Southern quarter, 63; and in the 

 Western quarter, 33. He found that the time for the 

 greatest number was six in the morning, and the fewest 

 at six in the evening. The greatest number was on the 

 9th of November, and the next greatest number was 

 on the 8th and 9th of August. The number of 5,202 

 shooting stars had been perceived in 1,054 hours, an 

 averao^e of five in an hour. The result of his calculation 

 was, that about six millions of these shooting stars were 

 occurring annually within sight of the observer. The 

 Doctor lastly described a large magnetic machine of his 

 own construction, with some results of its action. 



Mr. Denny then read the following paper : — 



ON THE FOSSIL ANIMAL EXUVIiE OF THE YORKSHIRE 

 COAL FIELD. BY HENRY DENNY, A.L.S., ETC., OF 

 LEEDS. 



As every attempt, however slight, to illustrate or investigate 

 the Geology or Zoology of any particular district cannot fail 

 to be of some service to science, I venture to submit to the 



