Remarks on the Skull of an Ancient Peruvian. 75 
lating to Trawling for Herring on the Coasts of Scotland, 1863. — From 
the Board of Fisheries. 8. Proceedings of the Rojal Society (London), 
Vol XII., Nos. 53, 54:.— From the Society. 
The usual Committees were appointed for conducting special investiga- 
tions during the summer. 
Mr George Logan made some remarks on the recently published 
Report of the Royal Commission on our Fisheries, now presented to the 
Library ; and referred especially to the opinions there enunciated as to 
the herring and sprat fisheries, which exactly corresponded with those 
always advocated by this Society. 
The following Communications were read : — - 
1. On the Eiidence of the Rise of the Shores of the Firth of Forth By 
Alrxamder Bryson, Esq. 
Mr Bryson described various places on the shores of the 
Firth of Forth, to show that there was not the slightest evi- 
dence to be found of any rise of level, at least in recent times. 
He referred to the rock at Cramond sculptured with the 
Roman eagle, believed by antiquaries to be the work of the 
Romans ; and showed that it was now just above high-water 
mark, so that, if a rise of twenty-five feet, as has been 
assumed, or indeed any rise at all, had taken place since that 
time, this rock must have been entirely under water at the 
Roman period. He alluded to the position of the Roman 
wall at Carriden, and showed that no remains of it had been 
visible for at least 200 years back ; so that no evidence of any 
kind could be got from it. He also pointed out the exist- 
ence of an extensive fluviatile or fresh-water deposit, at the 
mouth of the river Almond at Cramond, without any included 
marine remains; the existence of which would have been im- 
possible had any great rise of the land taken place here. 
IL Remarks on the Skull of an Ancient Peruvian. By James M'Bain, 
M.D., R.N. 
The object of the following remarks is to prove the insuf- 
ficient evidence on which the so-called interparietal bone 
has been assumed by some authors to be a constant and spe- 
cial peculiarity of the ancient Peruvian race. The skulls 
which I now exhibit to the Royal Physical Society were 
presented to me some time ago by Commander George 
Palmer, formerly first-lieutenant of H.M.S. " Edinburgh." 
