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malaya Mountains. 15. Natural Gas-Lights at Fre- 

 donea^ - - - - - ' 401-404 



BOTANY. 



16. Eriophorum pubescens. 17. Rhodiola and Scilla, 404 



ZOOLOGY. 



18. Recovery from Drowning. 19. Preservation of Skins. 

 20. Stupendous Lizard. 21. Sea Serpents and Colossal 

 Medusa. 22. Chinese method of Fattening Fish. 23. 

 Leacia lacertosa, - - - - 405-408 



GEOGRAPHY. 



24. Mr Cormack*s Journey in search of the Red Indians. 25. 

 Mr Thomas Park's Journey into the Interior of Afri- 

 ca, - - - - - 408,410 



ARTS. '^ 



g6. Manufacture of Ultramarine. 27. St Helena Silk. 28. 



Size and Value of Mahogany, - - 410, 41 1 



NEW PUBLICATIONS. 



29. Illustrations of Zoology; by James Wilson, Esq. F.R.S. 

 M.W.S. 30. A History of British Animals, exhibiting 

 the descriptive characters and systematical arrangement 

 of the Genera and Species of Quadrupeds, Birds, Rep- 

 tiles, Fishes, Mollusca, and Radiata of the United King- 

 dom ; including the Indigenous, Extirpated and Extinct 

 Kinds, together with periodical and occasional visitants ; 

 by John Fleming, D.D. F.R.S.E. M.W.S. &c. Minister 

 of Flisk, Fifeshire, and Author of the Philosophy of Zoo- 

 logy. 31. Elements of Natural History, adapted to the 

 present state of the Science ; by John Stark, Esq. 

 F.R.S.E. & M.W.S. 32. Sketches of the Maritime Co^ 

 lonies of British America, - - - 411,412 



Art. XXIV. List of Patents granted in England from 20th 



November 1827 to 30th January 1828, 412 



XXV. List of Patents granted in Scotland from 6th 



December 1827 to 23d February 1828, 415 



List of Plates, » - - 416 



