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tion and mode of formation of the Basalt of the Castle Rock 
of Edinburgh, and the neighbouring strata, as illustrated 
by the appearances at present displayed in the new cuts 
and openings of the strata, in the course of forming the 
Western Approach. 
Henry Witham, Esq. V. P. in the chair. — The Rev. Dr 1828. 
David Scot of Corstorphine read a paper on the Nimur of 
the ancient Hebrews, translated ' Leopard and on the Sis 
or Swallow of the Hebrew writings, erroneously translated 
' Crane' in the Enghsh Bible. — Specimens of the Grizzly 
Bear, of an Animal intermediate between the sheep and the 
antelope, and also of the new species of Wolf, Fox, and 
Badger, collected b^ Captain Franklin and Dr Richardson, 
during the late expedition to the Arctic countries of North 
America, were exhibited to the meeting, and were described 
by Professor Jameson. 
G. A. Walker Arnott, Esq. V. P. in the chair. — The Dec. 13. 
Secretary read the description of a new Instrument for 
measuring the different degrees of Magnetic Intensity; 
communicated by Mark Watt, Esq. Likewise the first 
part of a paper on the Political and Geological State of the 
Mey war country, in India ; communicated by James Har- 
die, Esq. Secretary to the Medical and Physical Society of 
Calcutta. — At this meeting the Rev. J. G. Macvicar exhi- 
bited a specimen of the Toothed Gilthead of Pennant, which 
bad been taken alive in the Bay of St Andrew's. 
Henry Witham, V. P. in the chair.— The Rev. J. G. 1829. 
Macvicar read a paper on the Rotatory Motion of Mole- 
cules. The object of the author was to shew, that, from 
the relation which subsists between the two forces, magnet- 
ism and electricity, rotation must result in every body com- 
