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APPEKDIX. 
Flame, made with Colonel Yule's apparatus for dischar- 
ging ordnance. 
1821. Bald read an Account of the Discovery of an Ele- 
Feb. 24 phant's Tusk in an alluvial clay, in the course of digging 
the Union Canal. The Secretary read a note communi- 
cated by Mr Trevelyan, of an Experiment made at Howick, 
by inclosing a living Toad in a small chamber under ground 
for the space of more than two years, at the end of which 
time the animal appeared as healthy as when inclosed. 
Professor Jameson read the first part of an account of the 
Proteus angina, by Signor Configliachi, communicated by 
Daniel Ellis, Esq. A fine specimen of the Musk Ox, shot 
on Melville Island by Captain Parry, and presented to the 
Royal Museum of the University by Lord Melville, was 
exhibited; and the preparation having been made with 
great care and success, excited general admiration. Pro- 
fessor Jameson, at the same time, made some remarks illus- 
trative of the habits and manners of the animal. 
Mr Trevelyan read a Geognostic Account of the Kocks in 
the neighbourhood of Bamborough Castle, accompanying 
his description with Specimens and Plans. Dr Knox read 
a notice respecting a CafFre Albino. Mr Deuchar laid be- 
fore the Society the conclusion of his Experiments on 
Flame, and also gave an Account of three very large 
Loadstones brought from Moscow. 
1821. The Secretary read Mr Edmondston's Accovnit of a new 
arch 24. . 
Species of Gull from Shetland, the Larus Islandicus ; 
likewise, Remarks by Mr Burke on a Tartar Book, pre- 
sented by the Marquis of Hastings to Professor Jameson, 
for the College Museum ; and Notices, by Mr Trevelyan, 
of some remarkable HaiLshowers which have of late years 
1821. 
March 10. 
