iv CONTENTS. 



XXIV. Proceedings of the Royal Society, . . 395 



XXV. Proceedings of the Society of Arts for Scotland, 399 



XXVI. List of Prizes offered by the Society for the Encou- 



ragement of the Useful Arts in Scotland, for Ses- 

 sion 1838-9, .... 413 



XXVII. Proceedings of the Botanical Society, . 415 



XXVIII. Scientific Intelligence, . . 416 



METEOROLOGY. 



1. Temperature of the Globe in the Polar Regions, and 

 upon the Tops of Lofty Mountains, 416. 2. Depth of 

 the Frozen Ground in Siberia, 417- 3. On the Auro- 

 ra Borealis, 419. 4. On Winds, 421. 5. Fall of Rain 

 from a serene Sky, 423. 6. Uncommon Atmosphe- 

 rical Refraction at Dover, . • 423 



HYDEOLOGY. 



7. Submarine CuiTents, 424. 8. Water Spouts, 425. 9. 

 Hot Springs, 425. 10. Electricity near Waterfalls, 

 426. 11. Tides in the Mediterranean, . 427 



GEOLOGY. 



12. Geology of the Zaliara Desert, 428. 13. Fossil Orga- 

 nic Remains in Sutherland, and Fluor-Spar in the 

 Ord of Caithness, . . • 480 



ZOOLOGY. 



14. Hydrophobia in Mohammedan Countries, 430. 15. 



Experiments upon the Torpedo, . . 432 



XXIX. New Publications, .... 432 



1. Zoology of the Voyage of H. M. S. Beagle. No. II. of 



Part II. Mammalia. By George Waterhouse, Esq. 432 



2. Illustrations of the Zoology of South Africa, &c. By 



Andrew Smith, M.D. . . . 433 



3. Arboretum et Fruticetum Britannicum, &c. By J. C. 



Loudon, F.L. and H.S., &c. . . 435 



4. Dictionary of Arts and Manufactures, and Mines. By 



A. Ure, M.D., F.R.S., &c. . . 436 



5. A History of the British Zoophytes. By George 



Johnston, M.D, . . . 43() 



XXX. List of Patents granted in Scotland subsequent to 



11th June 1838, ... 438 



Index, . . . . . 441 



