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indeed, any smell whatever, except that of the creosote 
employed. 
I feel persuaded that the former and simpler plan would 
(prove most effectual here, and would render unnecessary 
the hasty mode of burial now in vogue, a system which is 
always indecent, perhaps occasionally dangerous. The lat- 
ter more elaborate process would be far more decorous than 
the salting and pickling, or stowing away in barrels of rum 
•which I have heard of. 
Tuesday , 10 th September, 1867. 
The Hon. Louis Antoine Aime de Yerteuil, M.D., in the 
Chair. 
The following Communications were read 
1. An Account of the Lead Mines of Carupano. By Mr. 
Westall. (Communicated by Dr. Stone.) 
2. On a Meridian Instrument. By William Henry Stone, 
M.B., F.E.C.P. 
3. A Sketch of the Gold Mines of Yuruari. 
By Doctor Francisco Padron. 
(Communicated by Dr. W. H. Stone.) 
(Abstract.) 
In this communication the author gave an account of the 
discovery and history of the gold mines at Yuruari, in Vene- 
zuelan Guiana, near Ciudad Bolivar. Shafts have been 
sunk 60 to 80 feet deep, under the superintendence of Cali- 
fornian miners. The gold is found in fine yellow and blue 
clays, the latter considered to be kaolin. 
Steam-engines have been introduced for working the ma- 
chinery for pulverizing the quartz in which gold is found. 
The yield was two ounces per ton, the quartz not being 
