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ciety Mr David Mylne^s Descriptive Account of the Strati- 
fication on the right bank of the Whitadder. Dr Grierson 
of Cockpen read his Account of the Explosion of Stobbs 
Gunpowder Mills, on the 17th of February last : And the 
Secretary read a short Additional Notice by Mr Hutcheson 
of Dalkeith Mills, communicated by Mr Burd. The Se- 
cretary then read Mr Alexander Blackadder's Report re- 
garding the Buried Forest of Lawrence Park, near Lin- 
lithgow. Mr Deuchar communicated his Observations on 
Magnetic stimuli ; illustrating some of his remarks by re- 
peating several of Professor Oersted's experiments. There 
were exhibited by Professor Jameson to the meeting, 1^^, 
The cast of a remarkable and supposed Antediluvian Skull ; 
9^dly, The cast of a Jaw-bone of the Mammoth, — both from 
the Great Valley of Austria ; ScZ/z/, Two Specimens of the 
Ancient Bricks of Babylon, containing inscriptions in an 
unknown character. 
1825. j)r Grant read a Paper on the Existence of a Pancreas 
April 30. 
in Gasteropodous Animals, and shewed dissected Speci- 
mens of the Doris Argo, with the pancreas pointed out. 
The Secretary then read a communication from Mr Black- 
adder, staff-assistant surgeon, on Unusual Atmospherical 
Refraction, or Misage, as observed in this neighbourhood ; 
and laid before the meeting some Account of Capt. Frank- 
lin's Trigonometrical Observations made in India. Dr 
Greville gave an Account of Two New Species of Musci, 
of the genera Neckera and Hypnum. 
May 14. Mr Haidinger read a Paper on Drawing the Figures of 
Crystals in True Perspective. The Secretary read Mr 
Blackadder's Account of the Luminous Arch which lately 
accompanied the appearance of the Aurora Borealis at 
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