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attractive power being exerted during the day on the South Atlan- 
tic, the level of the North Atlantic would be lowered ; so that, 
during the day , the stream would flow from the Minch into the 
Atlantic. During the night , from the removal of the sun’s attrac- 
tion over the South Atlantic, the North Atlantic would regain its 
level ; so that during the night, in winter, the stream would flow 
from the Atlantic into the Minch. 
The following Donations to the Library were announced - 
Quarterly Return of the Births, Deaths, and Marriages registered 
in the Divisions, Counties, and Districts of Scotland. Quarter 
ending 31st December 1857. — From the Registrar- General. 
Journal of Agriculture and Transactions of the Highland and Agri- 
cultural Society of Scotland. March 1858. — From the So- 
ciety. 
Documents and Proceedings connected with the Donation of a Free 
Public Library and Museum by William Brown, M.P., to 
the Town of Liverpool. Liverpool, 1858. 8vo. — From, Dr 
Hume. 
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London for the 
year 1857. Vol. CLXVII., Part II. London. 1858. 4to. 
- — From the Royal Society of London. 
List of the Royal Society of London, 1857. — From the Society. 
Six Discourses delivered before the Royal Society, &c. By Sir 
Humphrey Davy, Bart. London. 1827. 4to. — From the 
Society. 
Report on the Adjudication of the Copley, Rumford, and Royal 
Medals, &c. London. 1834. 4to. — From the Royal So- 
ciety of London. 
Portugalise Monumenta Historica, a sseculo octavo post Christum 
usque ad quintumdecimum, jussu Academise Scientiarum Olisi- 
ponensis edita. Leges et Consuetudines, volumen I, fasc. 1. 
Scriptores, volumen I. fasc. 1. Olisipone. 1856. — From the 
Royal Academy , Lisbon. 
Memorias da Academia R. das Sciencias de Lisboa, 2 a serie, tom. 
I, II, III. Do. Nova serie l a e 2 a classe, tom. I., p fc 1 e 2 ; 
2 p fc 2. — From the same Academy. 
