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Art. VIII. Observations on the Temperature of the Sea, 

 made during the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattle- 

 snake, Dec. 1846 — July 1847. By Joseph 

 Dayman, R.N., Lieut, and Assistant-Surveyor, 267 



IX. Singing Birds and Sweet Flowers in Jamaica. 



(Continued from page 33,) . . . 268 



X. On the Distribution of Manganese ; on the Ex- 

 istence of Organic Matter in Stalactites form- 

 ing Crystallised and Amorphous Crenate of 

 Lime. By David A. Wells, Cambridge, 

 Mass. : — 



1. On the Distribution of Manganese, . 271 



2. On the existence of Organic Matter in Stalac- 

 tites and Stalagmites, forming Crystallised and 

 Amorphous Crenate of Lime, . . 27 3 



XI. Obituaries of Oersted, Morton, and De Savigny : — 



1. Hans Christian Oersted, . . . 274 



2. Dr S. Gr. Morton, author of the Crania Ameri- 



cana and Crania j^gyptiaca, . . 276 



3. M. De Savigny, .... 279 



XII. Note on the Influence of a Tropical Climate on 

 the Wool of the Sheep. By John Davy, M.D., 

 F.E.S. Lend. &Edin., &c. (Communicated by 

 the Author,) 283 



XIII. On the Iodine in the Air, the Water, the Soil, 

 and the Alimentary Products of the Alps of 

 France and of Piedmont. By M. Ad. Chatin, 284 



XIV. On the Ethnography of Akkrah and Adampe, 

 Gold Coast, Western Africa. By William F. 

 Daniell, M.D., F.R.G.S., Assistant-Surgeon 

 to the Forces. (Communicated by the Ethno- 

 logical Society), . . . . . 289 



XV. On the Classification and Nomenclature of the 

 Older Palseozoic Kocks of Great Britain. By 

 Prof. Sedgwick, F.R.S., ... 303 



