CONTENTS. Ill 



PAGK 



X. On the Indian Tribes inhabiting the North-West 

 Coast of America. By John Scouler, M.D., 

 F.L.S. (Communicated by the Ethnological So- 

 ciety), . . . . .168 



XI. On the "Winds, as influencing the Tracks sailed by 

 Bermuda Vessels ; and on the Advantage which 

 may be derived from Sailing on Curved Courses 

 when meeting with Progressive Revolving Winds. 

 By Governor Reid of Bermuda, . . 192 



XII. Origin of the Constituent and Adventitious Minerals 



of Trap and the allied Rocks. By J. D. Dana, 196 



XIII. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh : — 



1. On Scottish Madrepores, with Remarks on the Cli- 

 matic Character of the Extinct Races. By the Rev. 



Dr Fleming, ..... 203 



2. On the Influence of Contractions of Muscles on the 

 Circulation of the Blood. By Dr Wardeop, . 204 



3. On the Solubility of Fluoride of Calcium in Water, 

 and the relation of this property to the occurrence 

 of that substance in Minerals, and in recent and 

 Fossil Plants and Animals. By Dr G. Wilson, 205 



4. Notice of Polished and Striated Rocks recently dis- 

 covered on Arthur Seat, and in some other places 

 near Edinburgh. By David Milne, Esq., . 206 



XIV. List of Patents granted for Scotland from 23d March 



to 22d June 1846, . . .208 



Ebratum. 



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 comma, and in place of Two — two. 



