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Mr James Hollway of Boston. He then gave an account of 
the Primitive Strata which occur near Lochgilphead, illustrating 
his description by sketches or plans. The Professor likewise 
read extracts of a Letter from Dr Oudney, now on an explora- 
tory excursion in Africa, dated Tripoli, 24th January last. 
The Secretary then read a Notice of a remarkable Hail-storm 
in Essex, communicated by a gentleman who witnessed it. 
Likewise extracts of a Letter from Mr Strang of Lopness, in 
Orkney, describing some singular effects of the violent gales in 
that quarter during the past winter. 
He also laid before the Society a thermometrical register, 
taken every hour of the day and night, between 6 A. M. of 1 st 
April and 6 P. M. of 6th April, by Mr Coldstream of Leith. 
The general results were, That generally the minimum was at 
6 A. M. and the maximum at 6 P. M. ; that the average rise 
was 2°.03 ; the fall 2°.012 ; that in the night of the 4th and morn- 
ing the 5th April, the temperature was stationary for five hours ; 
and that the average temperature of each day was the same 
nearly as what was observed at 8 A. M. and 8 P. M. 
At this meeting the following gentlemen were balloted for and 
duly admitted : 
Resident Members. 
John Stewart, Esq. John Anderson, Esq. younger of Gladswood. 
Robert Scott, Esq. Robert Hamilton, M. D. F. R. S. E. &c. 
Non-Resident. 
John Richardson, Esq. now on the Arctic overland Expedition. 
Foreign. 
Dr H. F. Autenreith of Tubingen. H. Bowdich, Esq. Paris. 
Art. XXXII. — Proceedings of the Society of Scottish Anti- 
quaries. 
The following papers have been read before this Society in 
the course of the winter 1821 and 1822 : 
1. Illustrations of the Manorial Tenures and Customs of the 
north of England in the fifteenth century, derived from original 
documents, and communicated by Dr Hibbert. 
2. A detailed Report on the state of the Communications and 
other writings in the repositories of the Society, — by John 
Dillon, Esq. Sec. 
