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The Secretary read a Notice of the effects produced by T<^^^\g 
the presence of the Larva of an Insect in the Human Sto- 
mach ; communicated by Dr Yule. He then gave an Ac- 
count of Mr George Cheyne''s Journal from Madeira to 
Lat. 18° 06' N. and Long. 38° m W., and presented to 
the meeting a commentary on the Second Book of the Her- 
barium Amboinense, by Dr Francis Hamilton. A letter 
from Mr James Fotheringham, Gairny Bridge, was then 
read, giving a general Account of the Shower of Fishes 
supposed to have fallen in the west of Fifeshire last summer. 
Mr Deuchar exhibited a very singular experiment with com- 
pressed inflammable gas ; and likewise the application of 
Mr Gordon's portable lamp apparatus as a blowpipe. 
The Secretary read a Notice regarding Specimens of April 2. 
Peat Moss, of different qualities and densities, from a moss 
at Jardine-Hall, Dumfries-shire. Likewise a short Notice 
regarding the Magnetism of the Earth, by the late Lieu- 
tenant Mathew Miller ; which Mr Adie illustrated by 
an experiment, shewing the effect of Magnetic Bars, 
placed with N. and S. ends together, upon a compass 
passed over them. Professor Jameson read an Account of 
the recent discovery of a Tusk of the Mammoth, in a bed 
of old alluvium, containing also Marine Shells, and situated 
near to Kilmarnock, in Ayrshire. Dr Grant then read an 
Account of a Particular Organ, observed by him in the 
cuttle-fish (Sepia loligo), and which he regards as analogous 
to the pancreas : Specimens were also laid on the table. 
There was laid before the meeting a Description and April 16. 
Drawing of a Species of Cephalus, nearly allied to Tetro- 
don truncatus of Cuvier ; communicated by Dr Traill of 
Liverpool. Professor Jtimeson communicated to the So- 
