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Art. I. On the Mineral Water of the Baths of Nevis, in the 

 West Indies ; in a Letter addressed to ProfbsSor 

 Jameson, by John Davy, M.D., F.R.S., London 

 and Edinburgh, Inspector- General of Army Hos- 

 pitals, 1 



II. New Considerations on the Palaeontology of Auvergne. 



By A. PoMEL, ...... 6 



III. On the Volcanoes of the Moon. By James D. Dana, 10 



IV. A brief Review of the Classification of the Sedimen- 



tary Bocks of Cornwall. By Sir Boderick Impey 

 MuRCHisoN, G.C., St S., F.R.S., V.P.G.S. &R. 

 Geogr. S., &c. &c. (In a Letter, addressed Sir 



C. Lemon, Bt., M.P.) Communicated for the 

 Journal by the Author, . . . .33 



V. Geographical Distribution of Zoophytes. By James 



D. Dana, 41 



VI. Origin of the Hawaiian Nation, . . . .46 



VII. On the Age of the Volcanoes of Auvergne, as de- 

 termined by the Remains of successive Groups of 

 Land Quadrupeds. By C. Lyell, Esq., F.R.S. , 

 &c., 60 



