tV 420 INDEX. 



Quadrupeds, remains of, in the tertiary rocks of Vienna, 189. 



Rain, gieat fall of, at Bombay, 182. 



Ramage, T.C., Esq., bis account of excavations lately made at Pompeii, 244. 



Rhinoceros, growth and habits of a young, 199. 



Rhodiola rosea observed at Fast Castle, 404. 



Roofing, Carter's patent cast-iron, 203. 



Sabulous formation in the brain, 201. 



Salmo salar, Mr Ellis's sketch of its natural history, 230. 



Salts, new mode of preserving crystals of, 401. 



Sea, Mr Stevenson on its wasting eflfects on the shores of Cheshire, 380. 



Scilla verna, found at Gunsgreen, 404. 



Scot, Dr David, his remarks on the semamith of Solomon, 30. 



Sea serpents common in India, 405. 



Secondary rocks, Dr Boue's observations on, 191. 



Semamith of Solomon, Dr Scot's remarks on the, 30. 



Sex, M. Hufeland's remarks on the predestination of the, 198. 



Siberia, Hansteen's intended journey to, 1 89. 



Siren lacertina, Mr Neill's account of the habits of an individual of, 346. 



Skeletons of Guadaloupe, occur in recent sand, 188. 



Skins, preservation of, 405. 



Societies, Friendly, Mr Eraser's account of, 69, 298. 



Society, Wernerian, proceedings of the, 397. 



Snow, melted, not unwholesome as drink, 182. 



Solar compass, Mr Watt's description of the, 16, 184. 



Sound, Mr Meikle's proposed improvement in the theory of, 100. 



Sounds, distances at which they may be heard, 184. 



Sour clay, Dr Turner's analysis of, 243. 



Steam-engine, Dr Lardner's lectures on the, 203. 



Stevenson, Robert, Esq., his remarks on British harbours, 110. — remarks 



on the wasting effects of the sea on the shores of Cheshire, 386. 

 Sussex, organic remains found in, 188. 

 Swallow, facts relating to its history, 290. 



Telescope, Mr Barlow on constructing one with a fluid concave lens, 323. 

 Temperature of the interior of the eaith, M. Cordier on the, 273. 

 Temperature, Baron Humboldt's remarks on the causes of the difference 



of the earth's, 329. 

 Trees, M. Baudrillac the signs of the increase, maturity and decay of, 191. 

 Turner, Dr Edward, his analysis of sour clay. 

 Ultramarine, manufacture of, 410. 



Vegetable substances growing on the bodies of animals, 38. 

 Voyage of experiment and discovery. Captain Forster's, 399. 

 "^^ Water- works of the Romans, 201. 



Watt, Mark, Esq., his description of a new magnetic instrument, 16, 184. 

 Wemerian Natural History Society, proceedings of the, 179, 397. 

 Zodiacal stars, charts of the, 399. 

 Zoology, notices in, 194, 405. 



p. NEILL, PEINTER. 



