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Art. XXXVI . — Proceedings of the Wernerian Natural His-, 
tory Society. (Continued from p. 196.) 
Jan, 18. 1821. — T^HE Secretary read two notices, communi- 
cated by Dr Colladon of Geneva; one relative to Cinchonine 
and Quinine, or the alkaline substances existing in cinchona; 
the other relative to the travels in Brazil of Messrs Spiss and 
Martins, sent thither by the King of Bavaria. 
At the same meeting, Professor Jameson read a notice re- 
garding the existence of Iodine in sponge and in the peat of 
Scotland, and on the utility of iodine in the cure of goitre. The 
Professor also exhibited to the Society a section of a log of elm, 
containing the nest of a titmouse or other small bird, completely 
encircled by the solid wood of the tree, — the specimen having 
occurred in one of the Royal Dockyards, and been sent by 
Lord Melville to Professor Jameson for the Museum of the Uni- 
versity of Edinburgh ; and the business of the meeting was con- 
cluded, by Professor Jameson exhibiting and describing a speci- 
men of the Tapir of India, sent to the Museum by the IMar- 
quis of Hastings. 
Jan. 27. — This day, a Mummy from Thebes was opened, 
by direction of Colonel Straton, C.B. of the Eniskilling Dragoons, 
who brought the specimen from Egypt, and who, being pre- 
sent at the meeting, gave various explanations. A report will 
be published in regard to this curious remain, which proved to 
be the body of an individual of the Arab-=European race. 
Feh. 10. — Professor Jameson read a notice by Mr Black- 
adder, concerning the sounds emitted by woods or forests on the 
approach of storms. He likewise gave an account of a very 
remarkable Scotch terrier. At the same meeting, Mr Deuchar, 
lecturer on chemistry, continued the detail of his Experiments 
on the Nature of Flame; an abstract of which will be found in 
this Number, p. 374. 
Feh. 24. — Mr Bald, civil engineer, read an account of the 
Discovery of an Elephant’s Tusk, in the course of excavating 
the Union Canal, near Linlithgow, with remarks on the nature 
of the alluvial stratum in which it occurred. 
The Secretary read a note, communicated by Mr Trevelyan, 
of an Experiment made at Howick, in Northumberland, by 
enclosing a living Toad in a small chamber under ground for tlie 
