398 Index. 



Dawson, J. W. Esq., on the destruction and partial reproduction 

 of Forests in British North America, 259. 



Dunbar, Dr, his meteorology of the parish of Applegarth, in Dum- 

 friesshire, 347. 



Esquimaux, on the industrial arts of, by Dr King, 112. 



Eyes, on the brilliancy of, in certain vertebrata, 389. 



Flying-fish, observations on, 384. 



Forbes, Edward, Professor, on the tertiary rocks of the island of 



Cos, 2^1. 

 Forbes, James, Professor, his twelfth letter to Professor Jameson on 



glaciers, 94 — Thirteenth letter on glaciers, 136 — Fourteenth 



letter on glaciers, 327. 

 Forests, on their destruction and reproduction in British North 



America, 259. 

 Fossils in secondary and tertiary formations, 248. 

 Fungus, phosphorescent, account of, 382. 



Glaciers, on the extraordinary increase of the glacier of La Brenva, 

 from 1842 to 1846 — its motion — Exferimentum crucis re- 

 specting the origin of the Veined- Structure, 94 — Accelera- 

 tion of the surface motion of glaciers — New determination of 

 the velocity of different glaciers — Discovery of a knapsack buried 

 ten years in the ice — Manner of the conversion of the Neve into 

 ice — Manner of ejection of stones from glaciers, 136. 



Glaciers, temporary, of the Vosges, by Edward Collomb, 227. 



Glacial theory, and the effects of glacial action, 289. 



Gneiss of the Alps, its geological relations, by Professor B. Studer, 

 of Berne, 186. 



Guano (Huanu), observations on, 298. 



Harvey, Alexander, M.D., Lecturer on the Institutes of Medicine 

 in the Marischal College and University of Aberdeen, on the 

 nature, longevity, and size of trees, 1. 



Horse, bisulcated, noticed, 391. 



Hydra viridis, observations on, by Professor Allen Thomson, 281. 



Ice, ground, observations on, by R. Adie, 243. 



King, Richard, M.D., on the industrial arts of the Esquimaux, 112. 



