CONTENTS. 



6. Tenii>erature of the Mines at the Leadhills, and 

 of some Springs on the Rhine, . . . 174 



6. Progressive Rise of a portion of the bottom of the 



Mediterranean, . . . • . . 175 



7. Remains of Quadrupeds in the Oolitic System of 



Rocks, 176 



8. Temperature of the different Tertiary Deposits 



at the Epoch of their Formation, . . I77 



6. The Level of the Caspian much below that of the 



Ocean, 180 



10. Spring at the Summit cf a Mountam, . . 180 



11. Fossil Ferns, 181 



12. Prospects of the Negro Population in South Ame- 



rica, and the gradual extinction of the original 

 inhabitants of the New World, . . . 182 



13. Historical and Statistical Researches on the Causes 



of the Plague 184 



XXVI. New Publications, — 



1. The Physical and Intellectual Constitution of Man 



considered. By Edward Meryon, F.R.C.S., 

 &c. London : Smith, Elder, & Company. 1836. 

 8vo, pp. 240 186 



2. A Geological Sketch of the Tertiary Formation in 



the Provinces of Grenada and Murcia in Spain, 

 &c. By Brigadier Charles Silvertop. Lon- 

 don : Longman & Rees, 8vo, pp. 236, with plates, 186 



3. Ascent to the Summit of Mont Blanc in 1834. 



By Martin Barry, M.D. F.R.S.E., Member 

 of the Wernerian Society, &c. Edinburgh : 

 Blackwood & Sons, 8vo, pp. 119, with plates, 186 



4. The Earth ; its Physical Condition and most re- 



markable Phenomena. By W. M. Hi g gins, 

 F.G.S., Lecturer on Natural Philosophy at Guy's 

 Hospital. London: Orr & Smith. 1836. 12mo, 

 PP-512, 186 



XX Vn. List of Patents granted in Scotland from 18th 



March to 16th June 1836, - - - - 187 



