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by Thomas Johnston, Esq. Hill Top, near Wetherby, of 
the Great Oak of Cowthorpe, in Yorkshire, illustrated by 
a drawing. 
AprTl9 R^^bert Jameson, Esq. P. in the chair. — Mr Blackadder's 
communication on Polar Lights, illustrated with drawings, 
was laid before the meeting. — Mr R. Bald, mining-engineer, 
read a memoir on the Fires that take place in the Col- 
lieries of Whitehill and Polton, in Mid-Lothian, and of 
South Sauchie, in Clackmannanshire. — The Secretary read 
a notice communicated by Mr Macgillivray, regarding a 
Cuckoo, which had been kept in a cage since it was taken 
from a titlark's nest, in the end of July 1827; and the bird 
was exhibited to the meeting. D. Falconar, Esq. V. P. 
having taken the chair. Professor Jameson communicated 
a notice in regard to the Opaline Wood found in New South 
Wales, and exhibited a magnificent specimen presented to 
the Museum by Sir Thomas M. Brisbane, Bart. 
June 21. David Falconar, Esq. V. P. in the chair — The Secretary 
read a paper by the Rev. William Scoresby of Liverpool, 
entitled. Remarks on the Probability of reaching the North 
Pole ; being an examination of the recent expedition under 
Captain Parry, in order to the inquiry how far that expe- 
riment affects the practicability of the enterprize. 
Nov. 15. The Society met for the session ; Robert Stevenson, Esq. 
formerly V. P. in the chair. — Professor Jameson read a no- 
tice regarding the colossal Tusks of the Fossil Elephant, 
found in an iceberg on the shores of the Arctic coast of 
America by Captain Beechy; and the tusks themselves 
were exhibited, having lately been presented to the Museum 
of the University, by Lord Melville. — There was also read 
a communication from Mr Blackadder, regarding the junc- 
