IV CONTENTS. 



XXII. On Foot-marks of Animals in Rocks, • - 179 



XXIII. Memoir entitled, " Researches on the Structure and 



Origin of Mount Etna." By M. L. Elib de 

 Beaumont, ------ 185 



XXIV. Phases of the Annular Eclipse of the Sun, which will 



happen Sunday May 15. 1836, calculated for the 

 Observatory of Edinburgh. By Mr Robert 

 Treat Paine, of Boston, United States. Com- 

 municated by the Author, - - - - 186 



XXV. Description of several New or Rare Plants which 

 have lately flowered in the Neighbourhood of 

 Edinburgh, chiefly in the Royal Botanic Garden. 

 By Dr Graham, Professor of Botany, - - 189 



XXVI. Proceedings of the Wernerian Natural History So- 

 ciety, 197 



XXVII. Proceedings of the Society for the Encouragement of 



the Useful Arts in Scotland, - - - 201 



XXVIII. List of Patents granted in Scotland from 19th Sep- 

 tember to 9th December 1835, - - - 202 



XXIX. Scientific Intelligence, 204 



1. Sir Charles BelL, ----- ib. 



2. Professor David Don, ----- ib. 



3. Aurora Borealis—Edinburgh, Nov. 18. 1835, . 205 



4. Composition of the Atmosphere, - - - ib. 

 ^. Climate of Fort Vancotiver, - - - - ib. 



6. Geology, 206 



7. Age of the Molasse of Switzerland, - - . 207 



8. Effect of Cold on the Fur of the Hudson's Bay Lem- 



ming, ib. 



9. Effect of Intense Cold on Caterpillars, - - ib. 

 10. Polar Bear, - - - . . . 208 

 U. The Black Whale, ib. 



12. Passenger Pigeon, - . - - . 209 



13. Spontaneous Plants, - • • - . jb. 



XXX. New Publications, -.«... jb. 



