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XIII. On the Classes and Breeds of British Horses. By 



David Low, Esq., Professor of Agriculture in the 

 University of Edinburgh, &c., . . . 179 



XIV. Account of a Torrent of Mud in the Plain of the 



Lagunilla, New Granada, . . . .199 



XV. On Dykes of Marble and Quartz, in connection with 



Plutonic Rocks, in the Upper WoUondilly, in 

 Argyle County, New South Wales. By the Rev. 

 W. B. Clarke, M.A., F.G.S. ... 201 



XVI. Scientific Intelligence : — 



METEOROLOGY. 



1. Particulars of the Fall of Meteorites in the Sandwich 

 Islands. Communicated, by request, by the Rev. 

 Hiram Bingham, Missionary in those Islands, in a 

 letter, dated Boston, May 1. 1845, to Professor 

 Silliman. 2. Electric Sound. . . 204-206 



aEOLOQY. 



3. On the Kunker, a Tufaceous Deposit in India. — By 

 Captain Newbold. 4. Lithographic Stones. 5. 

 Gradual rise of Newfoundland above the sea. 6. 

 Burning Well. — Communicated in a Letter from 

 F. B. Hough, dated Gustavus, Ohio, Aug. 21. 1845. 

 7. Glacier Markings in South Wales. 8. Destroy- 

 ing Effect of Dry Wind on Cliffs. 9. Mode of dis- 

 tinguishing Rolled Blocks of Rock resulting from 

 Glaciers from those produced by the action of 

 Water. 10. New arrangement of the Order Crinoi- 

 dea, by M. Agassiz. 11. Importance of the charac- 

 ters derived from the Fins of Fishes. . 206-208 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



12. On the Leaves of the Coffee tree as a substitute for 

 Tea. 13. Canal of the Isthmus of Panama. 14. St 

 Pierre as a Naturalist. 15. Whale and Shark Fish- 

 ing in Faroe. — Extract of a Letter from Thorshavn, 

 Faroe Islands, September 1. 1845. 16. Professor 

 Agassiz on the Brain of Fishes, . . 208-210 



XVII. List of Patents granted for Scotland, from 23d 



September to ITth December 1846, . . 210 



