iv CONTENTS. 



Brine Spring discliai'ging Carbonic Acid Gas, near 

 Kissingen in Bavaria. By Professor Forbes. 5. 

 Notice on the Geology of Gottland, from the Obser- 

 vations of Mr Laing. By Dr Traill. 8. Notice 

 regarding some points in Hydrodynamics that have 

 been misunderstood. By Mr Scott Russell. 



XVIII. Proceedings of the Wernerian Natural History So- 

 ciety. (Continued from vol. XXV. p. 199.) . 427 



XIX. Proceedings of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh, 429 



XX. New Publications, . . . 430 



1. The Silurian System, founded on Geological Re- 

 searches, &c. ; by Roderick Impey Murchison, 

 Esq. F.R.S., &c. &c. &c. Two volumes quarto, with 

 numerous pictorial and geognostical engravings, and 



a Geological Map. Murray, London. 1839. 430 



2. A Sketch of the Geology of Fife and the Lothians, 

 including detailed Descriptions of Arthur's Seat and 

 Pentland Hills ; by Charles Maclaren, Esq., 

 F.R.S.E. Post 8vo. pp. 235. 1839. Adam and Charles 

 Black, 431 



3. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. Edited by 

 Mr Prinsep. — Numbers for April, May, June, and 

 July 1838; Calcutta; and Messrs W. H. Allen & Co. 

 London. . . . . . 432 



4. Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines ; by An- 

 drew Ure, M.D., F.R.S. Parts V, VI, VII. Long- 

 man & Co. . . . . . 433 



5. Zoology of the Voyage of H. M. Ship Beagle, under 

 the Command of Captain Fitzroy, during the years 

 1832 to 1836. . . . . 433 



6. Illustrations of the Zoology of Southern Africa, &c. 

 &c. By Andrew Smith, M. D., Surgeon to the 

 Forces, and Director of the Expedition into the In- 

 terior of Africa. 4to: Smith,. Elder and Company, 

 London, . 434 



XXI. List of Patents granted for Scotland from 14th De- 

 cember 1838 to r5th March 1839, . 434 

 Index, . . . . . 439 



Memoromdum. 



Dr Goring and Mr Kenwood's Communications in next Number of 



Journal. 



