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example, the enclosure is great, and so is the debris ; it is 
on a hill, seeking however to be retired, one would think. 
At St. Brieuc in Brittany, one greater still is on a flat. 
There are about fifty in Scotland, two or three in Ireland, 
at least one in Bohemia, more than that in France, and we 
hear a whisper of one in the valley of the Euphrates and 
elsewhere in Asia. Their first home is still to find. I look 
to the east for them, and think that they entered Scotland 
by the east. I hope no one will without good authority put 
new names into maps. The first statistical account writes 
Dundhairdghall, but many letters are silent in Gaelic, and 
at any rate I leave that to others to explain if they think it 
not simply an instance of insertion of a guttural, common to 
speakers of Gaelic in many places. 
Mr. R. F. Gwyther, M.A., described a compound rainbow 
he had seen in Scotland last summer, in which, besides the 
ordinary primary and secondary bows, a portion of a third was 
seen crossing the interval between the two, and extending 
a little beyond the outer border of the secondary. 
Dr. Schuster, F.R.S., gave an account of some of the 
results of an examination of the photographs of the solar 
corona he had taken in Egypt during the eclipse of May 
last 
General Meeting, October 17th, 1882. 
H. E. Roscoe, Pli.D., LL.D., F.R.S., &c., President, in the 
Chair. 
Mr. Henry Holt, of Palatine Road, Didsbury, was elected 
an Ordinary Member of the Society. 
