HISTORY OP THE SOCIETY. 
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Edinburgh. Dr Knox exhibited Bones pf Various Ani- 
mals, found in the Caves of Oreston, near Plymouth, be- 
ing chiefly bones of large oxen and very large deer. A let- 
ter from Henry Home Drummond, Esq. M. P. was then 
read, accompanied by a plug of wood, which was found 
inserted in a circular perforation existing in the great stag's 
horn discovered in the Blair-Drummond peat moss, and 
which would intimate that the stag had been in the hands 
of the former inhabitants of the district. Professor Jame- 
son gave a general account of a long communication re- 
ceived from a correspondent, on the chances for and against 
Captain Parry's succeeding in his present attempt to reach 
the South Sea, by Icy Cape ; the opinions of the autlior 
being unfavourable to his success. He also exhibited the 
tusk of the Fossil Elephant or Mammoth lately found near 
Kilmarnock. 
182.5. 
Mr Witham read a Notice of the occurrence of the Com- Nov. 19 
mon Cockle (Cardium edule) in a living state, in Fresh 
Water Ditches, at Cocklesbury, in Yorkshire, at a great 
distance from the sea, and much above its present le- 
vel. A Memoir by Mr David Don, on the Classification of 
the genera Gnaphalium and Xeranthemum of Linnaeus, was 
laid on the table. There was then read the first part of a 
sketch of the Comparative Anatomy of the Organ of Hear- 
ing, containing Remarks on the Structure of the Ear in the 
Shark-tribe, illustrated by Preserved Specimens ; by Mr 
Thomas Buchanan. There was next read a communica- 
tion regarding the existence of a Rock of Conglomerate in 
the Gravel Beds near Edinburgh ; and Specimens of the 
rock were exhibited. Professor Jameson gave an Account 
of a Table of Colours, arranged for Naturalists, by the 
Reverend Lansdown Guilding of St Vincent's. 
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