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 Art. I. Biographical Memoir of Peter Simon Pallas, Coun- 

 sellor of State to his Majesty the Emperor of all 

 the Russias. By Baron Cuvier, Knight, Professor, 



&c. 211 



11. Observations on the large Brown Hornet of New 

 South Wales, with reference to Instinct. By the 

 Rev. John M'Garvie, A. M. In a letter to James 

 DuNLOP, Esq. Paramatta, - - - 237 



III. Analysis of the Gil-i-toorsh, or Sour Clay, used in aci- 



dulating Sherbet in Persia. By Edward Turner, 

 M. D. F.R.S.E. Professor of Chemistry in the Uni- 

 versity of London. Communicated by the Author, 243 



IV. Account of Excavations made at Pompeii from De- 



cember 1826 to August 1827. By T. C. RaMaoe, 

 Esq. Communicated by the Author, - 244 



V. Sketch of the Natural History of the Salmo Salar, or 

 Common Salmon. 1. Of the Process of Spawning, 

 and subsequent evolution of the ova: 2. Of the 

 growth and movements of the Young Brood, to and 

 from the sea during the first year of life ; and, 3. 

 Of the migrations of the Salmon betwixt the River 

 and the Sea. By Daniel Ellis, Esq. F. R. S. E. 

 With a Plate, . - - - 250 



VI. On the Temperature of the Interior of the Earth. By 

 M. L. CoRDiER, Member of the Royal Academy of 

 Sciences, and Professor of Geology in the Garden 

 of Plants, - - - - - 273 



VII. Memorandum from the Right Honourable the Lord 

 President, containing some facts relating to the 

 Natural History of the Swallow and the Partridge, 290 

 VIII. Essay on the Domestication of Mammiferous Animals, 

 with some introductory considerations on the va- 

 rious states in which we may study their actions. 

 By M. Frederick Cuviek. (Continued from p. 60.) 292 



