ii CONTENTS. 



Art. X. On the Regions of Perpetual Snow in Norway and 



Sweden. By Lieutenant-Colonel Hagelstam, 305 

 XI. The supposed recent Origin of America refuted, 309 



XII. Account of a Deposit of Fossil Plants, discovered in 

 the Coal Formation of the Third Secondary Lime- 

 stone, near Scarborough. With a Plate. By Pe- 

 ter Murray, M. D. Communicated by the Au- 

 thor, ----- 311 



XIII. On the connection between the Phases of the Moon 



and Rainy Days. By M. Flaguergues, - 317 



XIV. A Tour to the South of France and the Pyrenees, in 



the year 1825. By G. A. Walker Arnott, Esq. 

 M. W. S. (Continued from a former Number), 319 

 XV. Discovery of a Fossil Walrus or Sea-Horse, in Virgi- 

 nia ; of the Fossil Skull of an extinct species of 

 Bos (Ox), from the Banks of the Mississippi ; and 

 of Fossil Bones, identical with those of the Mega- 

 therium of Paraguay, in Georgia, United States, 325 



XVI. On the Luminousness of the Ocean, - - 329 



XVI I. Observations on the Structure of Feathers and Hair, 331 

 XVIII. On the Level of the Sea, - - -336 



XIX. On the Rocks that afford the Gold Dust or Gold 



Sand met with in Rivers, - - - 341 



XX. Essay on Comets, which gained the first of Dr Fel- 

 lowes*s Prizes, proposed to those who had attend- 

 ed the University of Edinburgh within the last 

 Twelve Years. By David Milne, Esq. A. M. 

 F.R.S.E. - - - - 343 



XXI. On the Use of Ligatures and Bleeding in Cases of 



Poisoning, - - _ _ 353 



XXII. On the Temperature of Springs in the vicinity of 

 Colinton, near Edinburgh, in Latitude 55° 54/ 42" 

 N.; Long. 3° I6' 8" W. - - ^356 



XXIII. A Brief Account of Microscopical Observations made 

 in the Months of June, July, and August 1827, on 

 the Particles contained in the Pollen of Plants ; 

 and on the general Existence of Active Molecules 

 in Organic and Inorganic Bodies. By Robert 

 Brown, F. R. S. Hon. M. R. S. E. and R. I. Acad. 

 &c. &c. - - - - - 358 



