SECTIONS. INDEX OF PLACES. 



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on the negro races of the, by J. Crawfurd, 

 1851, 86. 



Palestine and shores of the Dead Sea, obser- 

 vations with the aneroid metallique du- 

 ring a tour through, 1856, 41. 



Pantellaria, island of, on the geological 

 structure of the, by the Duke of Buck- 

 ingham, 1831-32, 592. 

 ^ Panticapseum (Kertch), on the site of the 

 ancient Greek city of, by Dr. D. Macpher- 

 Bon, 1856, 115. 



Paraguay River, on the navigation of the, 

 1853, 73. 



Parima, Lake, the El Dorado of Sir Walter 

 Ealeigh, Sir E.. Schomburgk on the, 1845, 



5?- 

 ^ris, on education in the Polytechnic School 



at, 1841, 96. 



— — , on the monts de piet4 of, by H. J. 

 Porter, 1841, 91. 



, on the productive industry of, by G-. 



R. Porter, 1852, 1 19. 



Peebleshire, on a curious structure in the 

 Silurian slates of, by A. Bryson, 1854, 78. 



Pembrokeshire, on three undescribed bone- 

 caves near Tenby, by Rev. G. N. Smith, 

 i860, 10 1. 



Penine chain of mountains, Derbyshire, on 

 the position of the rocks of the, by J. B. 

 Jukes, 1838, 79. 



Pennsylvania, on the geology of, by Prof. 

 H. b. Rogers, 1848, 74. 



, on the bituminous coal-field of, by H. 



Phillips, 1837, 96. 



Pentland Hills, on the geology of the, by 

 C. Maclaren, 1834, 649. 



Pen-y-bont and Builth, Radnorshire, on 

 some points connected with the physical 

 geology of the Silurian districts between, 

 by Prof. A. C. Ramsay, 1848, 73. 



Persia, on some insects from, by J. Wilson, 

 1840, 136. 



Perth, on the meteorology of, by Dr. Ander- 

 son, 1840, 56. 



Peru, ethnological and antiquarian re- 

 searches in, by W. BoUaert, 1857, 121. 



, South, on the section of country from 



Iquique, province of Tarapaca, to Potosi, 

 by W. Bollaert, 1852, ic2. 



— — , on the position of the city of Cuzeo 

 in, by J. B. Pentland, 1838, 99. 



, on the theory and practice of amal- 

 gamation of silver ores in, by J. C. Bow- 

 ring, 1844, 28. 



Peterborough and Stamford, on the geo'ogy 

 of the neighbourhood of, by Capt. Ibbet- 

 son and Prof. Morris, 1847, 127. 



Peterhead, on zoophytes found in the vici- 

 nity of, bj C. W. Peach, 1850, 126. 



, on some fishes, Crustacea, and mol- 



lusca found at, by C. W. Peach, 1852, 78. 



, on the whale and seal fisheries of 



Greenland and Davis Straits, carried on 

 by vessels from, 1859, 2 1 6. 



Pilcomayo River, on the navigation of the, 

 1853,73. 



Plata River, on the navigation of the, by 

 H. C. Dwerhagen, 1853, 73. 



Plymouth, establishment of hourly observa- 

 tions of the thermometer in the Dockyard 

 at, 1831-32, 579. 



, account of some indications of the 



anemometer at, by A. F. Osier, 1839, 17. 



, on the limestone hills of, by W. 



Walker, 1841, 66. 



, on the stratified and unstratified vol- 

 canic products near, by Rev. D. WiUiams, 



1841, 61. 



, on the discovery of organic remains in 



the limestone cliff under the Hoe at, by 



Dr. E. Moore, 1841, 62. 

 , on the strata penetrated in sinking an 



artesian well at the Victoria Spa, by Dr. 



E. Moore, 1841, 63. 

 , Stonehouse, and Devonport, on the 



statistics of, by H. WooUcombe, 1841, 82 ; 



1842, 98. 



Plymouth Sound, on the geological changes 

 produced by the Saxicava rugosa in, by 

 W. Walker, 1841, 66. 



Po in Piedmont and the basin of Switzer- 

 land, parallel between the superficial de- 

 posits of the valley of the, by Dr. C. Mar- 

 tins and B. Gastaidi, 1850, 90. 



Point Barrow on the shores of the Polar 

 Sea, on the amount and frequency of the 

 magnetic disturbances and of the aurora 

 at, by General Sabine, 1857, 14. 



, on the temperature of the air at, by 



Dr. J. Simpson, with remarks by Prof. 

 Haughton, 1857, 37. 



Polar Sea, on the popular notion of an open, 

 by Rev. Dr. Scoresby, 1853, 92. 



Polperro, Cornwall, on the fossils of, by C. 

 W. Peach, 1843, 56. 



Ponk Hill, Walsall, on the Rowley Rag at, 

 by W. Matthews, 1858, 93. 



Poole, Dorsetshire, on the plastic-clay for- 

 mation of, by Rev. W. D. Clarke, 1837, 93. 



Harbour, on two springs on the north 



side of Hales Bay, by Rev. W. D, Clarke, 

 1836, 94. 



Port Essington, on a specimen of Machae- 

 rium subducens from, by Sir J. Richard- 

 son, 1842, 69. 



Port Natal, on Sertularian zoophytes and 

 Polyzoa from, by G. Busk, 18.50, 118. 



Portsea, statistics of the island cf, 1852, 118. 



Portsmouth, on apparent changes in the level 

 of the coast near, by General Port.ock, 

 1848, 72. 



Poulkova and Greenwich, difference of lon- 

 gitude between, 1847, 46. 



Preston, on marine she; Is in the deposits 

 about, by Sir R. I. Murchison, 1831-32 

 82. ' 



, on marine shells of recent species at 



considerable elevations near, by W. Gil- 

 bertson, 1834, 654. 



, on the strike of the cotton-spinners of, 



by H. Ashworth, 1837, 140. 



, on the cause and consequences of the 



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