VI 



CONTENTS. 



III. Natural History, 



Page 



1 Squalls of Wind on the African 



Shores 486 



2 Destruction of an Oak by 



Lightning 487 



3 Description of a Meteoric Fire- 



Bail seen at New Haven . . ib. 



4 Remarkable Meteoric Pheno- 



menon 488 



5 Aurora Borealis seen in the 



Day-time at Cannonmills . , 489 



6 Aurora Borealis in Siberia .... ib. 



7 On the Presence of Ammonia 



in Argillaceous Minerals . . ib. 



8 Composition of Apatite 490 



9 Burmese Petroleum Wells .... ib. 



10 Direction of the Branches of 



Trees ib. 



11 Effects of Light on Vegetation . ib. 



Meteorological Table 



Vage 



12 Organization and Reproduction 



of the Trufle 491 



13 Alteration of Corn in a subter- 



raneous Repository 492 



14 Quick Method of putting In- 



sects to Death 493 



15 Destruction of Snails by com- 



mon Salt ib. 



1 6 Remarkable Hairy Man .... ib. 



17 Application of Remedies by 



Absorption from the Surface ib. 



18 On the Strix Cunicularia, or 



Coquimbo Owl 494 



19 Naturalization of Fish 496 



20 Mode of keeping Apples .... ib 



21 On the Cultivation and Forcing 



of Sea Kale 497 



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