418 INDEX. 



Don, Mr David, liis remarks on the irritability of the stigma, and on the 

 origin and nature of certain parts of the fructification of pinus larix, 43. 



Drowning, recovery from, 404. 



Dunn, Mr John, his description of an improved air-pump, 382. 



Dutrochet, M. his remarks on the irritability of the sensitive plant, 380. 



Efflorescence, M. Gay Lussac's remarks on, 400. 



Ellis, Daniel, Esq. his sketch of the natural history of the salmon, 250. 



Eriophorum pubescens, locality of, 404. 



European formations, Dr Boue's Memoir on, 190. 



Eye of the fetus. Professor Carus's observations on the, 41. 



Falls of Rewah, account of the, 182. 



Feathers, Mr Macgillivray's account of, 123. 



Fish, Chinese method of fattening, 407. 



Fishes, notice respecting Cuvier's great work on, 200. 



Fossil remains found in Ava, 63. 



France, Mr Arnott's account of a tour in, ISO, 355. 



Fi-aser, Mr W. his account of benent or friendly societies, 69, 298. 



Gas light, natural, 404. 



Geology, notices in, 187, 401. 



Geography, notices in, 205, 408. 



Gil-i-toorsch, or sour-clay, analysis of, 243. 



Gilding and plating, quantity of metal employed in, 202. 



Graham, Dr, his descriptions of new and rare plants, 172, 193, 389. 



Green colour of oysters, 196. 



Gyrogonite, M. C. Prevost on a new, 60. 



Harris, account of, 140. 



Harbours, British, Mr Stevenson's remarks on, 110. 



Heat, Professor Leslie's remarks on Mr Ritchie's experiments on, 171. 



Herschel, Sir W., biographical account of, 1. 



Himalaya Mountains, geology of, 402. 



Hornet, Mr Macgarvie's observations on the, 237. 



Humboldt, Baron Alexander Von, his remarks on the causes of the dif- 

 ference of temperature on the globe, 329. 



Hydrogi'aphy, notices in, 182. 



Inflammable gas from salt-mines, employed for producing light, 402. 



Innes, Mr George, his calculations of celestial phenomena, 177, 394. 



Inflammable gas, after boring for salt, in Ohio, 401. 



Ink, indelible writing, ^03. 



Iodine in cadmium, 401. 



Iron, native, discovered in Connecticut, 154. 



Ironstone, Mr Middleton's analysis of, 167. 



Irritability of the stigma of pinus laiix, 43. 



Irritability of sensitive plant, 380. 



Kinfauns, meteorological register for 1827 kept at, 399. 



Knox, Dr Robert, his remarks on the beavers of Europe and America, 196. 



Leacia lacertosa, 409. ,^ 



Leslie, Professor, his remarks on Mr Ritchie's experiments on heat, 171. 



Lesson, M. R. P., his observations made among the Blue Mountains of 

 New South Wales, 156. 



