HISTORY OF THE SOCIETY. 581 
Coleoptera to be printed in the forthcoming volume of the 
Society's Memoirs. 
1831 
Rev. Dr Brunton, V. P. in the chair.—- Mr William Gal- April k 
braith being present, read extracts of his paper on the Men- 
suration of Heights by the Barometer, and stated the re- 
sult of a trigonometrical measurement of the height of Car- 
nethy, one of the Pentlands. — The Secretary then read a 
botanical communication from Mr William Macgillivray, 
entitled, Remarks on the Phenogamic Vegetation of the 
River Dee, tracing the zones marked out by the prevalence 
of alpine, subalpine, and valley plants. 
David Falconar, Esq. V. P. in the chair. — Professor April 16. 
Jameson gave a discourse on Fossil Trees supposed in situ^ 
illustrating his remarks by sketches or diagrams, and shew- 
ing that they have in general been floated into their present 
situations. The Professor also gave an account of Bone 
Caves in New Holland, and of the general nature of the 
bones found in these caves ; one large bone evidently be- 
longing to a quadruped of the size of an elephant, and not 
now existing in New Holland. — The Rev. Dr David Scot 
of Corstorphine then read an essay on the Carob-Tree and 
its Fruit. 
The Society, having completed its 24th session, ad- 
journed. 
