CONTENTS. 



HYDROGRAPHY. 



9. Temperature of the Ocean. 10. Low Temperature of 

 the Sea over Sand Banks. 11. Greatest ascertained 

 Depth of the Ocean. 12. Height of Waves, 402-403 



13. Marine Invertebrata found at great depths in the 

 Ocean. 14. On the larva state and metamorphoses 

 of the Ophiuras and Echini. 15. On the Cranium of 

 the Dodo in the Museum of Copenhagen. By M. 

 Hamel. 16. Commercial value of Insects, 403-407 



BOTANY. 



17. Esculent Funguses of England, . . . 408 



XVIII. New Publications received, .... 408 



XIX. List of Patents granted for Scotland from 21st June 



to 21st September 1847, .... 409 



NOTICE. 



Mr Miller's account of a New Pyrometer, delayed on account of tardiness 

 on the part of the engraver, will appear in our next. 



ERRATUM. 

 Page 141, line 14, for elevation of upraising read elevation or upraising. 



