374? Proceedings of the Wernerian Society. 
men, S30 feet in length, brought from the forests of Candy, by 
P. Yule, Esq.' 
Dec. ^9. — Mr Greville communicated descriptions, with 
drawings of several Fungi new to Scotland, and discovered by 
him chiefly in the neighbourhood of Edinburgh. The Secre- 
tary read, 1. A letter from the Reverend Mr Young of Whitby, 
giving an account of the Kirkdale Caverns, Yorkshire, in which 
numerous bones of the elephant, rhim»ceros, and hyaena occur ; 
and, A letter regarding the progress of the Arctic Land Ex- 
pedition, dated 16th April ]821, at the winter-hut of the expedi- 
tion, on the outskirts of the most remote woods, Lat. 64.28,. 
and W. Long. 113.06, being 133 miles directly north from 
Fort Providence, and 56 geographical miles south of Copper- 
Mine River, which had been visited by some of the party, and. 
reported to be navigable. 
1822, Jan. 12. — Mr Greville read the Description of a- 
new species of Grimmia ( G. leucopltcea ), detected by him in 
the King’s Park, at Edinburgh. The Secretary read a com- 
munication from Mr Selby of Twizell House, mentioning some 
rare birds which have of late years been observed in Northum- 
berland : Likewise an account of the district of country be- 
tween the rivers Jumna and Nerbuddah in Hindostan, by Dr 
Adam of Calcutta. And a letter from Mr Bald, civil engineer, 
describing the Girvan Coal-field in the south-west of Scotland, 
Jan. 26. — Professor Jameson read a communication from Dr 
Boue of Ptiris, descriptive of the Rocks in the North of Ger- 
many, and on the shores of the Baltic, and ascribing to those of 
the granite and trap series an igneous origin. The Secretary 
read an account of the Diamond Mines of Punnah, by Dr 
Adam of Calcutta. And Mr Greville presented descriptions 
and drawings of two new plants of the order Algae, found in 
the neighbourhood of Edinburgh. 
Art. 'KX.Yll.'-^Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical 
Society. 
1821, Nov. 12. — Dr E. D. Clarke, Professor of Minera- 
logyj Jaid before the Society a communication which he had re** 
