CONTENTS 



OF 



THE QUARTERLY JOURNAL, 



N°. XIX. 



ART. PAGE 



L On the Inscription on the Column at Alexandria. By 



the Earl of Mountnorris 1 



IL On the Apparent Changes of Place, Colour, Size, and 

 Figure of the Heavenly Bodies. By G. W. Jordan, 

 Esq., F.R.S., Sfc 13 



in. On the Native Country of the Potato, and on some 

 American Plants. Communicated by A. B. Lambert, 

 Esq., F.R.S., 8fc 25 



IV. On the Granite of Aberdeenshire, and on the Identity 

 of certain Varieties of Granite with other Rocks ap- 

 pertaining to the Trap Family. By J. Mac Culloch, 

 M.D., F.R.S., ^c 29 



V. On the Employment of Common Salt for the Purposes 



of Agriculture. By Samuel Parkes, Esq., F.L.S.,^c. 52 



VI. On the Origin of the Ashantees, and Inhabitants of the 

 Gold Coast of Africa. By J. E. Bowdich, Esq 73 



VII. An Account of an Extraordinary BiHary Calculus. 

 Transmitted to the Editor, by Sir Everard Home, 

 Bart., F.R.S., &c 86 



VIII. On a New Method of Secret Writing. By Richard 

 CiiENEvix, Esq., F.R. & A.S., M.R.I.A., &c 89 



IX. Description of an Improved Lamp, invented by Mr. 

 Parker. •• 101 



X. On the Diallage Rock of Shetland, By J. Mac Cul- 



loch, M.D.,F.R.S.,&c 103 



XI. Observations on Aroma, being the substance of a 

 Paper read by M. Robiqubt to the Philomathic So- 

 ciety of Paris .••••••••f»*«« 109 



