FROM this short narrative of the present ftate, and future views of the Society of Scots Antiquaries, the reader will perceive, that public virtue, national utility, and the improvement of science, are the fole objects of our affociation. To fhow that many of its members have not been idle in the Literary department; that the generofity of the public has been great, and that the patronage of a gracious Sovereign has not been with-held, it only remains to add the titles of the discourses read in the Society, a chronological lift of the ́members and donations, Lord Buchan's anniversary address, an abstract of the statutes, and a copy of the royal charter.

1780. Nov. 14.

1781. Jan. 16.

29.

Feb. 13.

26.

Mar. 13.

April 3.

LIST of the Titles of the Difcourfes and Papers read at the Meetings of the Society of the Antiquaries of Scotland.

PRELIMINARY difcourfe unfolding the nature of the Society, and the objects of its purfuit. By the Earl of Buchan.

On the antient ftate of agriculture in Scotland. By Roger Robertson of Ladykirk, Efq;

On the origin of the name of Scotland, and that of its inhabitants. By Sir James Foulis of Colinton, Baronet.

On the manner of manuring land with falt, written anno 1595. By the apparent heir of Merchiefton, and read by the Earl of

Buchan.

An authentic account of the admirable Crichton. By the same.

AN

THE life of Mr James Short optician. By the fame.

On the antient league between Scotland and France, and the affiftance given by the Scots to Charlemaigne. By Sir James Foulis of Colinton, Baronet.

THE hiftory of the antient Caledonian Bards. By Mr John Clark.

A CONGRATULATORY address to the Society, on meeting with them for the first time, in their Museum, after its purchase, with an account of his Lordship's transactions in London, in behalf of the Society. By the Earl of Buchan.

ON

ON petrifactions, with an account of the foffil oak found in the May 1. coal-pits at Gilmerton, near Edinburgh. By Mr John Williams.

A DESCRIPTION of an antient ftone monument near a village June 5. called Deadrig, in the county of Berwick. By Roger Robertfon of Ladykirk, Efq; This was accompanied with an accurate diawing of the ftone, and a scale annexed.

AN account of the fhells mentioned in the Poems of Offian, and 19. elsewhere, which were the drinking veffels of the antient Caledonians. By the Reverend Mr Donald M'Queen, who accompanied his paper with a specimen of these shells from the Island of Sky.

An explanation of the infcription round the seal prefented from Profeffor Ogilvie. By Mr David Doig.

On the establishment of a royal forest in the Weft Highlands of Scotland. By Mr John Williams. This was accompanied with a paper pointing out the means by which this plan may be carried into execution. By Sir Alexander Dick of Prestonfield, Baronet.

A SPECULATION on the origin and characteristical manners of July 3. the Picts and Scots. By the Reverend Mr Donald M'Queen.

A CONTINUATION of the history of the Caledonian Bards. By Mr John Clark.

A DESCRIPTION of the parish of Uphall, in the county of Lin- 17. lithgow, drawn up agreeable to the plan published by the fociety for a history of the parishes of Scotland. By the Earl of Buchan.

THE

July 31.

Aug. 14.

Sept. 4.

Oa. 2.

Nov. 6.

14.

Dec. 18.

1782. Jan. 8.

THE life of Sir James Steuart of Goodtrees, Lord Advocate for Scotland. By the fame.

AN account of the methods to be employed for the prefervation of quadrupeds, birds, fishes, infects, and plants. By Mr William Smellie.

On the establishment of a Temple of Caledonian Fame. By the Earl of Buchan.

An account of the discovery of a Roman copper ftatue of Jupiter Tonans, found near the banks of the river Scheld, about four leagues from Antwerp. By Mr Tuberville Needham.

A PLAN for the introduction of a general conformity of weights and measures through the world. By the late Sir James Steuart Denholm of Coltnefs and Weftfhiel, Baronet. Communicated by the Earl of Buchan.

A CONTINUATION of the last mentioned plan.

AN hiftorical difcourfe, recapitulating the progrefs made by the fociety fince its inftitution. By the Earl of Buchan.

CONCLUSION of the plan for a general conformity of weights and

measures.

A DISQUISITION into the origin of the Christmas carrols, ftill in use among the vulgar in Scotland. By John Callander of Craigforth, Efq;

OBSERVATIONS

1782. Jan. 8.

22.

Feb. 5.

19.

March 5.

OBSERVATIONS on Sir James Steuart's plan for a general uniformity of weights and measures. By the Earl of Buchan.

An account of the cultivation of the breed of horses in Scotland, at different remote periods, collected from our hiftories, law books, &c. By Roger Robertson of Ladykirk, Efq;

AN account of a journey through part of the islands of Orkney, in fummer laft year, in which several interefting circumstances, not taken notice of by any former writer, are mentioned. By the Reverend Principal Alexander Gordon of the Scots College of Paris.

On the conftitution of the antient parliaments of Scotland, and on the first appearance of burgeffes in parliament in this country. By Alexander Wight, Efq;

THE life of John Barclay, author of Argenis, and other works. By Lord Hailes.

On the laws, customs, language, and constitution of the province of Biscay, in Spain. By the Reverend Dr John Geddes.