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which traverse the lower region of Moray from west to east, indicated a 
process of accumulation by drifting, rather than that slow and regular 
deposition which is indicated in the lower red sandstone beds, where con- 
glomerate, shale, and fine-grained sandstones are alternately super- 
imposed, — a condition always favourable to the existence of organic 
remains either of plants or animals ; while the drifting process, which 
carried the land reptiles into the sea, was unfavourable to the preservation 
of fishes. Lastly, allusion was made to the recent discoveries of vege- 
table remains of Lepidodendrons, Lycopodiums, and others analogous to 
those of the coal strata in the true Devonian sandstones of Canada, by Mr 
Dawson, and of similar fossil plants found in the Caithness slates, by Mr 
Salter, — all indicative of dry land, and the progress of organic life during 
the period of the Devonian Sea. 
III. Contributions to the Fauna of Old Catahar — Mammals. By 
Andrew Murray. 
This paper was chiefly occupied with a list and notes relat- 
ing to the various animals, of which specimens had been sent 
at different times by the United Presbyterian missionaries 
stationed at Old Calabar, among which were the following: — 
Troglodytes niger — The Chimpanzee. 
With reference to a specimen of this animal which had been 
brought away alive by the Eev. Mr Baillie, but which unfortu- 
nately died on the passage home, Mr Murray remarked, that 
it had been preserved by Professor Goodsir, in a way which, if 
it should prove successful, was well worthy of adoption, in cases 
where the rarity or value of the specimens might justify the 
expense. The plan was to place it in spirits in a glass tank 
or coffin as it were, covered with glass hermetically sealed 
down. This is an enlargement of the plan devised by Goadby 
for the display of his minute dissections ; but as in his little 
glass boxes, so here, the difficulty to be contended against was 
leakage. Do what one can leakage seems almost always 
to occur after a certain lapse of time ; but this could be con- 
quered if by no other means, at all events by soldering the 
glass together by the blow-pipe ; so that where it is desirable 
to have recourse to this plan, this difficulty in the manipula- 
tion need prove no insurmountable obstacle. 
Mr Murray detailed some anecdotes relating to the indi- 
vidual in question, which had been communicated to him by 
Mr Baillie, illustrative of the kind and extent of intellect 
possessed by it. For example — It was very fond of some sweet- 
