CONTENTS 



Pag- 



Art. I. Biographical Memoir of M. Daubenton. By Baron 



CUVIER, ----- 1 



II. Remarks on the Probability of reaching the North 

 Pole : being an examination of the recent Expedi- 

 tion under Captain Parry, in order to the inquiry. 

 How far that experiment affects the Practicability 

 of the Enterprize ? By the Rev. William Scores- 

 BY, F.R.S. Lond. &Edin. M.W.S. Correspondent 

 of the Institute of France, &c. &c. Communicated 

 by the Author, - . - - 22 



III. Tables for Barometric Measurement. By Mr Wil- 



liam Galbraith, A.M. Communicated by the Au- 

 thor, - - - - - 42 



IV. A Short Sketch of the Geology of Nithsdale, chiefly 



in an Economical point of View, and contrasted with 

 that of the neighbouring Valleys. By James Stew- 

 art Menteath, Esq. younger of Closeburn, Mem- 

 ber of the Wernerian Natural History Society. Con- 

 cluded from p. 323. of last Number, - 45 

 V. On the most effective Employment of Steam Power in 

 maintaining a Ferry. By Captain Alexander M^Ko- 

 nochie, R. N. Communicated by the Author, 60 

 VI. A few Remarks on the class Mollusca in Dr Fleming's 

 Work on British Animals; with Descriptions of some 

 new Species. By George Johnston, M.D. Fellow 

 of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. 

 Communicated by the Author, - - 74 

 VII. Defence of Christianity, or Conferences on Religion ; 

 (Defence du Christianisme, ou Conferences sur la 

 Religion). By M. de Frayssinous, Bishop of Her- 

 mopolis. First Almoner to the King of France, Mini- 

 ster for Ecclesiastical Affairs and Public Instruction, 81 

 VIII. Remarks on the Nature of Sound in Water. By MM. 



Colladon and Sturm, - - . 91 



