CONTENTS. 



Art. I. Biographical Memoir of the late Henry KiJHL^ M. P. 



Doctor of Natural History, &c. &c. - - 1 



II. Sketches of our Information as to Rail-Roads. By the 

 Rev. James Adamson, Cupar-Fife. (Communicated 

 by the Author), - - - - 23 



HI. On the Natural History and Economical Uses of the 

 Cod, Capelin, Cuttle-Fish, and Seal, as they occur on 

 the Banks of Newfoundland, and the Coasts of that 

 Island and Labrador. Communicated in a Letter to 

 Professor Jameson, by W. E. Cormack, Esq. 32 



IV. Description of a New Reflecting Telescope, denomi- 

 nated the Aerial Reflector. By Thomas Dick, Esq. 

 Author of the Christian Philosopher, &c. Commu- 

 nicated by the Author, - - - 41 

 V. On the Combustion of Alcoholic Fluids, Oils, &c. in 

 Lamps, with Observations on the Colour and Consti- 

 tution of Flame. By Henry Home Blackadder, 

 Esq. F.R.S.E. Communicated by the Author. 



1. Of Lamps without Wicks, - - - 52 



2. Of the Colour of Flame, - - - - 56 

 VI. Tour to the South of France and the Pyrenees, in 1825. 



By G. A. Walker Arnott, Esq. A.M. F.L.S. & 

 R.S.E. &c. In a Letter to Professor Jameson, 66 



VII. Notice of a New Zoophyte (Cliona celata, Gr.) from 

 the Frith of Forth. By R.E. Grant, M.D. F.R.S.E. 

 F.L.S. M.W.S. «&c. Communicated by the Author, 78 

 VIII. Geological Observations, — 1. On Alluvial Rocks: 2. On 

 Formations : 3. On the Changes that appear to have 

 taken place during the different periods of the Earth's 

 formation on the Climate of the Globe, and in the 

 nature and the Physical and Geographical Distribu- 

 tion of its Animals and Plants. By A Boue', M. D. 

 Member of the Wernerian Society. Communicated 

 by the Author, - - - - 82 



