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11. Catalogue of the Arundel Manuscripts in the Library of the College of 
Arms, London. By C.G. Young, Esq. York Herald. 
12. Vol. XXII. Part II. of the Archaeologia. By the Royal Society of An- 
tiquaries, London. 
13. A Burmese Book. By Lieutenant-Colonel Hunter Blair, Royal Irish 
Fusileers—and 
14. A Flint Arrow Head, found upon the Lomond Hill, Fifeshire, and sup- 
posed to have belonged to the army of Galgacus. By Lieutenant-Colonel Miller, 
C.B. and F.R.S. 
There was then read a portion of an Inquiry concerning the site of the Battle 
of Mons Grampius, (announced, but not read, last session,) by Lieutenant- 
Colonel Miller, F.R.S. London, &c. This Essay i is illustrated by a Plan, on an 
ample scale, of the presumed field of action. From the great interest excited by 
the reading of this very able dissertation, a very full attendance of the Society at 
their next extraordinary meeting is expected, to hear this paper concluded. 
There were exhibited by Mr. Macdonald some massive Ornaments of Silver, 
conjectured. to have formed the fastening of an Ancient Dress, found lately in the 
neighbourhood of Penrith, and sent to him by John Piper, Esq. for that purpose ; 
and a very fine ancient Brass Spear Head, sent by Sir Patrick Walker. 
The thanks of the Society were voted to all the donors, and the meeting ad- 
journed. 
Wernerian Natural History Society.—A_ general meeting of this Society was 
held on Saturday the 5th December, in the College, when the following office- 
bearers were elected for the ensuing year :—President, Robert Jameson, Esq. 
Vice-Presidents—Henry Witham, Esq., Dr. Walter Adam, David Falconar, 
Ksq., of Carlowrie, Dr. R. K. Greville. Secretary, Patrick Neill, Esq.—_Trea- 
surer, A. G. Ellis, Esq.—Librarian, James Wilson, Esq.—Painter, P. Syme, 
Esq.—Council, Dr. John Boggie, Rev. Dr. Brunton, John Stark, Esq., Dr. 
John Aitken, Sir Arthur Nicolson, Bart., Dr. John Gillies, Rev. Dr. Scot, Dr. 
Charles Anderson. 
The following communications were then read :— 
1. On the Vegetation of the first period of an Ancient World. By Henry 
Witham, Esq. F.R.S. 
2. On the Roads or Highways of the ancient Peruvians. By Dr. John Gillies. 
3. On the Okrub of the ancient Hebrews, and Scorpion of the English Bible. 
By the Rev. Dr. Scot of Corstorphine. 
Of the first of these papers we have been enabled, through the kindness of 
the author, to give some account in the present number ; the second is soon to be 
published, when we shall notice it at further length. On the subject of the fossil 
vegetation of the. coal-fields of England and Scotland, several very interesting ob- 
servations were made by Dr. Graham, Dr. Greville, and Mr. Bald. 
Dr. Scot’s paper on the scorpion was exceedingly curious. He first discussed 
the etymology of the word okrud, and then gave a general description of the scor- 
pion, which he represented as heving, some species six, others eight eyes. It 
varies in colour, some being black, brown, yellow, &c. ‘The common length is 
six or eight inches, although certain authors speak of scorpions several feet in 
length. It lays from 26 to 40 eggs. ‘The young, when hatched, get upon the 
back of the female, where they are protected and defended by the tail, at the ex- 
tremity of which is the sting. Scorpions have frequent battles with ants, which 
may sometimes be seen dragging from the field one of their vanquished foes. 
Scorpions live among stones, &c. hate the light, feed upon flies, and other insects, 
and destroy one another. When covered with oil, they perish, their respiration 
being thus prevented. The effects of the sting were described from Dioscorides. 
They are not always fatal. Maupertuis put a hundred scorpions into a glass 
vessel, and at the end of fourteen days found only four of them alive, they having 
killed and devoured each other. The subject was illustrated by numerous re- 
ferences to Scripture. 
