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ral skeleton. The Secretary read the concluding part of 
Dr riemmg''s Gleanings of Natural History, on a Voyage 
round the North of Scotland, in 1821 : also a Notice of 
Remarkable Hailstones, of a pyramidal form, which fell in 
Aberdeen in J une last, by Mr Robert Lindsay of Aber« 
deen. Mr Parry exhibited some Drawings made from 
carvings in oak, executed before the time of Henry VIII : 
and Professor Jameson laid before the meeting a chart, 
shewing the route pursued by Captain Parry through 
various parts of Baffin"'s Bay, during the three preceding 
summers. 
Dr Knox read a Paper on the Kidneys, Urinary Blad- 1823, 
der, and Organs of Generation in the Male of the Ornitho- 
rynchus paradoxus, illustrating his descriptions by Sketches. 
Dr Yule gave an Account of the Changes produced on 
some Tallow Candles, which had been accidentally preserved 
in a dry state for near a century; and exhibited specimens. 
Mr Greville then read an Account of Mr Cormack''s Jour- 
ney across Newfoundland in 1822; and a short Paper nar- 
rating an instance of misdirected instinct in the common 
Frog, during the coupling season, communicated by Mr 
Burd. Professor Jameson gave an Account of Thermo- 
metrical and Hygrometrical Observations made at Port 
Callao, in South America, by Mr William Jameson, sur- 
geon; and also read Extracts from a Letter, written from 
Funcal, by Mr Bowdich, the African traveller. 
Mr Greville read an Account of a Steinbart or Stone-axe, Dec. 27. 
said to have been found imbedded in a layer of compact clay, 
under several beds of limestone, in Staffordshire ; with Re- 
marks on the geological consequences of this fact, if ascer- 
tained to be correct. Dr Knox read some Account of the 
