CONTENTS. 



Page 

 Art. I. Biographical Memoir of Sir Humphry Davy. By 



Baron Cuvier, - - - . i 



II. Facts relating to Diluvial Action in America. By 



the Hon. William Thompson, - , 26 



III. On a Gradual Elevation of the Land in Scandi- 

 navia. By James F. W. Johnston, A. M., 

 F. R. S. E., &c. &c. Communicated by the 

 Author, ----- 34. 



IV. Some Observations on Phosphorus. By John 

 Davy, M. D., F. R. S., Assistant Inspector of 

 Army Hospitals. Communicated by Sir James 

 Macgrigor, Director-General of the Array Me- 

 dical Board, - - - - 43 



V. On the Characters and Affinities of the Genus 

 Codon. By David Don, Esq. Librarian of the 

 Linnean Society. Communicated by the Author, 53 



VI. On American Steam-Boats. By Mr C. Redfield 



of New York, - - - _ 55 



VII. Lion-Hunting in South Africa. By Lewis Leslie, 



Esq, 45th Regiment. Communicated by the 

 Author, - - - _ _ g2 



VIII. On the Connexion which subsists between the 



Calyx and Ovarium in certain Plants of the Order 

 Melastomaceae. By David Don, Esq. Libr. L. S. 

 &c. &c. Communicated by the Author, - 68 



IX. Experiments upon the Solidification of Raw 

 Gypsum. By John P. Emmet, Professor of 

 Chemistry in the University of Virginia, 69 



