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APPENDIX. 
F^b^l9 "^^^ Secretary gave a General Account, 1st, Of Tables 
of Summer Temperature observed in Spitzbergen, by Cap- 
tain Franklin and Captain Buchan ; and, ^dli/, Of a Table 
of the Temperature of the Sea, at various depths, made 
during Capt. Franklin's voyage to Spitzbergen. There was 
then read a Notice in regard to the Fossil Trees, &c. found 
imbedded in the clay strata near Harwich, contained in a 
letter from Mr William Knott, Landguard Fort ; and a 
specimen of the fossil wood was exhibited. Likewise a No- 
tice in regard to a collection of Buried Trees, apparently 
native kinds, lately found in draining a peat-moss in West 
Lothian ; in a letter from Mr Logan of Clarkstone to Mr 
A. Blackadder. Observations made during a voyage to 
the East Indies and China, in 1817 and 1818, by Captain 
Charles Stewart of the Honourable East India Company's 
ship General Harris, were laid on the table. Professor Ja- 
meson gave an Account of a Specimen of a Large Fossil 
Tree lately dug out of the Coal Formation at Cullalo, in 
Fyfe, which was exhibited to the meeting. Dr Grant then 
read the first part of a Memoir containing a series of Ob- 
servations and Experiments on the Natural History of 
Sponges, which he illustrated by Specimens. 
Mar. 5. Professor Jameson read the Reverend George Young's 
Account of the remains of a genuine though extinct species 
of Crocodile, 18 feet long, lately found imbedded in the 
secondary rocks at Whitby in Yorkshire ; and, at the same 
time, exhibited a correct Drawing of it, executed by Mr 
Bird. Dr Grant read the conclusion of his first Memoir, 
containing a series of Observations and Experiments on the 
Natural History of Sponges. A fine Specimen of Organic 
Vegetable Remains, found in Craig-Leith quarry, was ex- 
hibited and described by Professor Jameson. 
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