1782.

Jan. 8. torum; on the other a thistle crowned; infcription, Regem Jova

protegit, 1602.

By Mr JAMES MILLER Writer.

162. A RUSSIAN copper coin; on one fide the letters FE, 1763, within a wreath; on the other, St George on horseback killing the dragon.

By Mifs CHANCELLOR of Shieldhill.

163. PART of an antient Fibula of white base metal.

By Mr ALEXANDER BROWN.

164. A HAND grenade charged, found a mile weftward from Hawick, in a floping marshy piece of ground, on the left of the river Teviot.

BY JAMES HUNTER-BLAIR, Efq;

165. A SILVER groat of King David II. of Scotland, ftruck in Edinburgh.

By the Right Honourable the EARL of BUCHan.

166. COPIES of the infcriptions on the tomb of Joannes Scotus at Cologn, and above the chimney of the room in Ghent where the Emperor Charles V. was born.

By WILLIAM TAIT, Efq; Advocate.

167. FIVE antient Roman coins of bronze.

By PATRICK HERON of Heron, Efq;

168. THREE antient Roman coins of bronze, dug up in a Roman flation at Sleeford in Lincolnshire.

By

17826 Jan. 2.

Jan. 10.

Jan. 22.

By ROBERT CAY, Efq;

169. A THIRTY fhillings filver dollar of Mary Queen of Scots, dated 1567; a thirty fhillings fword dollar of King James VI. of Scotland, with the ftamp of a thistle and crown ftruck in, dated 1567; a copper English farthing of King William and Mary, dated 1694; and a medal in copper of Queen Mary, on one side a bust of her head in profile; infcription, Maria II. Dei Gra. ; on the other, a rofe, with a ftalk and leaves.

By the Hon. Sir JOHN DALRYMPLE H. M. of Cranston, Bart. 170. FIVE pounds Sterling.

By the Reverend Dr GEDDES.

171. A PIECE of petrified wood, found in a hill near Strathbogy, about two miles northward from Huntly, where much of the same kind is to be found. From its appearance, it may be confidered as Also, a five fhilling Scots filver coin of King

a species of asbestos.

William, dated 1699.

By Mr GEORGE PATON.

A grafs

172. A COMMON humming bird. Another crested. moth, with bright plumage; and two black flies, their wings fpotted with scarlet.

173. A fea Animal, called the Aphrodita, preferved in fpirits, found in the frith of Forth.

1782.

By GEORGE SUTHERLAND of Forfe, Efq;

Jan. 22. 174. A MEMORIAL on his claim to the title of Earl of Suther

land.

Feb. 5.

175.

By Mr ALEXANDER DRUMMOND..

A ROMAN bronze coin of the Emperor Gallienus.

By Mr JOHN GARDNER, Banker.

176. A SCOTS filver half merk of King Charles II. in 1671.

By Mr ALEXANDER SPROT, Tanner.

177. A ROMAN bronze coin of the Emperor Licinius.

By the Reverend JEREMIAH MILLES, D. D. Dean of Exeter.

178. A Copy of his edition of the poems of Thomas Rowley, prieft, &c. with a commentary in which the antiquity of them is confidered and defended, 4to, London, 1782.

179.

By ROBERT HAMILTON of Orbieston, Esq;
A ROMAN cinereal urn with the afhes in it.

By Lady CHARLOTTE HAY of Errol.

180. A DRAWING, on vellum, of a crucifix, surrounded (in a border decorated with a gilded palm-tree) by the heads of the Virgin Mary and the twelve Apoftles, the whole figures compofed entirely of certain portions of scripture, moft minutely and diftinctly written.

By

1782.

Feb. 5.

By ARTHUR NICOLSON of Lochend, Efq;

181. THREE filver coins, viz. i. A five fhillings Scots coin of K. William, dated 1700. 2. A fixpence of Queen Elizabeth, dated 1568. And, 3. An old coin of the Lordship of Bremen, which were found in a field near Lerwick in Shetland, in the year 1780.

By Mr WILLIAM THORNTON of Tortola.

182. A MEZZOTINTO print of the head of the Emperor Auguftus Caefar, taken from an engraving by Diofcorides, on an amethift, when the Emperor was young.

By Mr John M'GOWAN Writer.

183. ONE of the ftones which compofed that antient Roman building, called Arthur's Oven, on the banks of the river Carron in Stirlingshire.

By Mr RODERICK M'LEOD Writer.

184. A SILVER coronation medal of King James II. of Great Britain, dated 23d of April 1680.

By the SECRETARY.

185. A SMALL animal, ftuffed, found on the banks of Braid Burn, a fpecies of the ermine. In the fummer, it is brown on the back, but in winter it is pure white; its tail is terminated with smooth black hairs, about an inch long, which never change their colour. Also, the scalp of a French foldier, taken by the Indians in Canada, in the war before the laft; to which is appended a long queue of plaited hair, tied at the end with a red ribbon.

By

1782. Feb. 19.

By JOHN HAMILTON, Efq;

186. A CHINESE lady's fhoe of crimson fattin, embroidered with filks and bordered with gold, in length 4 inches, the breadth at the heel 1 inches, the fides tapering in ftraight lines from the heel to the point.

I

By Mr JOHN GARDNER Banker.

187. A SILVER penny of King Alexander III.

By Mr WILLIAM ANDERSON Writer to the Signet.

188. A RAGGED Spanish copper coin, and two snake stones, each 11⁄2 inch in diameter.

By Mr ALEXANDER DRUMMOND.

189. A ROMAN bronze coin of the Emperor Aurelianus, and a ragged Spanish copper coin.

By Mr ADAM CARDONNEL.

190. ONE of the ploughs used in Orkney, of a remarkably slight conftruction.

By Dr ANDREW COLTEC-DUCAREL.

191. Two books published by him; one in 4to, entitled, A Series of above 200 Anglo-Gallic, or Norman and Aquitain coins of the antient Kings of England, in 16 copper-plates, illuftrated in twelve letters to the Society of Antiquaries of London; to which is added, a map of the antient dominions of the Kings of England in France, and a head of the author, printed in 1757; the other in folio, en

titled,