PROCEEDINGS 
OF THE 
ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH. 
SESSION 1856-57. 
CONTENTS. 
Monday , ls£ December 1856. 
PAGE 
Opening Address, Session 1856-57. By Bishop Terrot, 398 
On the Minute Structure of the Involuntary Muscular Tissue. 
By Joseph Lister, Esq., F.B.C.S. Eng. and Edinb. 
Communicated by Dr Christison, . • 413 
Donations to the Library, . . * • 416 
Monday , 15th December 1856. 
On the Ovum and Young Fish of the Salmonidse. By Wil- 
liam Ayrton, Esq. Communicated by Professor All- 
man, . . • • • • 
Notice of the Yendace of Derwentwater, Cumberland, m a let- 
ter addressed to Sir William Jardine, Bart., by John 
Dayy, M.D., . . • • i 1 
On the Paces of the Western Coast of Africa. By Colonel 
Luke Smyth O’Connor, C.B., Governor of the Gambia. 
Communicated by Professor Kelland, 
Donations to the Library, . 
[ Turn over . 
428 
429 
429 
433 
