IV CONTENTS. 



Page 

 Cause of the Motion of Glaciers. 3. On the 

 Transport of Erratic Blocks and Detritus from 

 the Alps to the Jura. By Mr Hopkins. 4. On 

 the Agency of Glaciers in Transporting Rocks, 384-390 



• GEOLOGY. 



5, Mr Murchison on the Permian System, as applied 

 '. to Germany, with Collateral Observations on 



Synchronous Deposits in other Countries ; shew- 

 ing that the Rothe-todte-iegende, Kupfer-Schie- 

 fer, Zechstein, and the lower portion of the Bun- 

 ter-sandstein, form one natural group, consti- 

 / tuting the upper member of the Palaeozoic Rocks. 



t*. On the rise of the Coast of Scandinavia, 390-393 



ZOOLOGY. 



7. Note on a vermineous alteration in the Blood 

 of a Dog, caused by a great number of Hemato- 

 zoary Animals of the Genus Filaria. 8. Exa- 

 mination of Tartar and the Mucous Coatings of 

 the Tongue and Teeth. 9. Light of the Glow- 

 Worm. 10. On the Structure of the Skin in the 

 different races of Man, and new proof of the 

 common origin of all the Varieties of the Hu- 

 man Species. 1 1. Irish and Alpine Hares said 



■ to be varieties of the same species, . 392-397 



XXII. New Publications, ♦ . . .397 



XXIII. List of Patents for Inventions granted for 

 Scotland from 23d June to 23d September 

 1843 inclusive, . . . 401 



XXIV. Index, . . . . .405 



