CONTENTS. iii 



• of Neufchatel. 3. Polar Lights in Shetland. 4. Ni- 

 trous Atmosphere of Tirhoot, - - 176-177 



GEOLOGY. 



6. Heights of Table Lands. 6. Lake Aral. ^. Fossil Shells 

 in the Snowy Mountains of Thibet. 8. Bone Caves dis- 

 covered in New Holland. 9. Leonhard on the Basaltic 

 Formation, - - - - 178, 179 



ZOOLOGY. 



10. On the Existence of Animalcula in Snow. 11. Mr Mar- 

 shall on a Heifer which yielded Milk. 12. Frog and 

 Insect Plague of MuUye. 13. Further notice of Ehren- 

 berg's Observations on the Infusoria. 14. Flying of Man 

 and Birds, .... - 180-184 



BOTANY, HORTICULTURE, &C. 



15. Erica mediterranea found native in Ireland. 16. Hybrid 

 Azaleas. 17- Preservation of Fruit-Trees from Hares. 

 18. Cure of Wounds in Elm-Trees. 19. Preservation 

 of Frozen Potatoes. 20. Precautions in the Planting 

 of Potatoes, - - - - 185-186 



GEOGRAPHY. 



21. Notice regarding Lost Greenland. 22. Major Rennel's 

 Chart of the Atlantic. 23. Intelligence of Captain 

 Ross, R. N. 187 



STATISTICS. 



24. Commerce of Great Britain. 25. Cholera Morbus, 187, 188 



ARTS. 



26. Size for Illuminators, Artists, &c. 27. Manufacture of 

 Charcoal. 28. Potash obtained commercially from Fel- 

 spar. 29. Improvements in Printing, - - 189 



NEW PUBLICATIONS. 



1. Edinburgh Cabinet Library. — Narrative of Discovery and 



Adventure in the Polar Regions and Seas. Vol. I. 

 Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa. Vol. II. Pub- 

 lished by Oliver and Boyd, - - - 192 



2. Wilson's American Ornithology, - - - ib. 



