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Mr. Nasmyth also called attention to the different shades 
of the planet as exhibited in the drawing — which was a 
faithful representation of the appearance of the planet — and 
the probability of their being land and water. One ruddy 
spot in the blue hand of the supposed sea he could not help 
thinking to he an island, and, as its first discoverer, he 
claims it to be called Nasmyth’s Island. He also made 
some remarks on the superiority of the reflecting over the 
achromatic telescope, in giving the true colours of the 
heavenly bodies, and gave his explanation of the supposed 
cause. 
Mr. W. H. L. Russell, A.B., wishes it to be stated that in 
consequence of errors in the printing of the abstract of his 
Papfer “On the Solution of the Differential Resolvent,” in 
the last number of the Proceedings, he fears that the results 
given as the solution of the differential resolvent will be 
unintelligible to the reader. 
