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17. Protraction of Vegetable Life in a dry State . . .196 



18. Market State of Hyosciamus . ib. 



19. Snow of the Winters 1829-1830 .... ib. 



20. Peculiar Fall of Snow (Mr. Sherriff) . . .198 



21. Electricity of the Winds , . . . ib. 



22. Irised Aurora Borealis . ib. 



23. Influence of the Age of Parents on the Sex of Children . .199 



24. Precautions in the Planting of Potatoes . . . ib. 



25. Preservation of frozen Potatoes : 200 



26. Cure of Wounds in Elm Trees .... ib. 



27. Preservation of Fruit Trees from Hares . . ib. 



28. Waterspout on the Lake of Neufchatei . . . ib. 



29. Mirage of Central India ..... 201 



30. Village lighted by Natural Gas . . . . 203 



31. Singular Natural Sound . . . , .204 



