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where met with traces of inhabitants, without, however, 
seeing any. He found in some parts of the coast a Hne of 
open sea, about SO miles broad, caused by the influence of 
the sun, between the shore and main body of ice ; thus 
giving reason to hope that Captain Parry may, by keeping 
close along the shores, make good his passage, next season, 
round Icy Cape, into the Pacific Ocean. The Professor 
then read an Account of a new species of Lophius (Z. 
histrio) of the West Indies, by the Reverend Mr Guilding 
of St Vincent's ; and he also communicated a Notice of a 
Mammoth's Tusk, 6^ feet long, dug up at Rugby, in 
Warwickshire, the Tusk being at the same time exhibit- 
ed. 
Professor Jameson communicated Observations on sub- 1822. 
jects connected with Natural History, made in a Voyage 
round the North of Scotland, by Dr Fleming; likewise 
the Account of a Marine Deposite on the margin of Loch 
Lomond, by Mr James Adamson. The Professor also 
gave a short Account of the Zeus Luna, or King-Fish, a 
very fine and full-grown specimen of which had been taken 
in the Frith of Forth, and presented to the College Mu- 
seum by the Earl of Wemyss, and which was now exhibited 
to the Meeting. 
The Secretary read the first part of the Journal of a Dec. 28. 
Visit to Adam's Peak, in Ceylon, by Mr Henry Marshall, 
Staff-Surgeon. Mr Greville then communicated his Ac- 
count of the Esculent Fungi of Great Britain. Dr Knox 
read a Notice in regard to the Habits of the Hyasna of 
Southern Africa. And Dr Yule communicated specimens 
of Maize ripened in Scotland, and made some Observations 
on the practicability of naturalising that grain. 
