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PROCEEDINGS 
OF THE 
ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH. 
SESSION 1869-70. 
CONTENTS. 
Monday, 6th December 1869. 
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Opening Address. Session 1869-70. By the Hon. Lord 
Heaves, Vice-President, .... 2 
Monday , 20 th December 1869. 
On the G-eological Structure of some Alpine Lake-Basins. 
By Archibald G-eikie, Esq., F.R.S., . . .33 
Preliminary Notice of the Glreat Fin Whale, recently 
stranded at Longniddry. By Professor Turner, . 34 
Note on Aggregation in the Dublin Lying-in Hospital. By 
Dr Matthews Duncan, . . . .38 
Monday , 3 d January 1870. 
On a Method of Economising our Currency. By Andrew 
Coventry, Esq., . . . . .39 
On the Old River Terraces of the Earn and Teith, viewed 
in connection with certain G-eological Arguments for 
the Antiquity of Man. By the Rev. Thomas Brown. 
Edinburgh, ...... 41 
Monday , 11th January , 1870. 
Experiments on the Colorific Properties of Lichens. By 
W. Lauder Lindsay, M.D., F.R.S.E., E.L.S., . . 43 
On the Principles of Scientific Interpretation in Myths, 
with Special Reference to G-reek Mythology. By Pro¬ 
fessor Blackie, . . . . ,44 
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