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ant on the same event, by Mr Hutcheson of the Dalkeith Mills. 
—The Secretary also read a report by Mr Alexander Blackad- 
der, surveyor, regarding the 44 buried forest at Lawrence ParJcf 
near Linlithgow. 
Mr Deuchar communicated his observations on magnetic sti- 
muli, illustrating some of his remarks, by repeating several of 
Professor Oersted’s curious experiments. 
There were laid before the meeting by Professor Jameson, 
the cast of a remarkable human skull, and of the jaw-bone of a 
mammoth, both found in the deep clay of the Great Valley of 
Austria. Likewise, two very fine specimens of ancient bricks 
from the site of Babylon^ containing inscriptions in an unknown 
character. 
April 80. — Dr Grant read a paper on the 44 existence of a 
Pancreas in Gasteropodous Animals ,” and shewed dissected spe- 
cimens of the Doris Argo , with the pancreas pointed out. 
The Secretary then read a communication from Mr Henry 
Home Blackadder, Staff Assistant- Surgeon, on 44 Unusual At- 
mospherical Refraction or Mirage ,” as observed in the neigh- 
bourhood of Edinburgh, particularly at the entrance of the Frith 
of Forth. — He also laid before the meeting some account of Cap- 
tain Franklin’s Trigonometrical Observations made in India. 
Dr R. K, Greville then gave an account of two new species 
of Musci , belonging to the genera Neckera and Hypnum. (This 
paper will appear in the half-volume of Memoirs of the Society, 
about to be published.) 
May 14. — Mr William Haidinger of Vienna, read an essay 
44 On drawing the figures of Crystals in true perspective 
illustrating the same by sketches. (This paper will also appear 
in the half-volume of Memoirs about to be published.) 
The Secretary read Mr David Blackadder’s 44 Account of the 
luminous arch which accompanied the appearance of the Aurora 
Borealis at Edinburgh on 1 9th March last .” 
Dr Robert Knox, lecturer on anatomy, exhibited specimens 
of the bones of various animals found in the caves at Oreston, 
near Plymouth ; being chiefly bones of large oxen and very large 
deer, and which, being almost completely deprived of their ani- 
mal matter, appear as if calcined. 
