CONTENTS 



OF THE 



EDINBURGH JOURNAL OF SCIENCE. 

 No. XIII. 



Page 

 Art. I. Memoir of the Life of M. Le Chevalier Fraunhofer, the Cele- ; 

 brated Improver of the Achromatic Telescope, and Member of the Aca- 

 demy of Sciences at Munich, ... 1 

 II. Retnarks on Mount Vesuvius. Communicated by a Correspondent, 11 

 ni. On Mesole. By William Haidinger, Esq. F.R. S. E. &c. Com- 

 municated by the Author, - - - 18 



IV. Some Account of a Society lately estabhshed in Germany, of which 



the object is to send out Botanical Collectors to the most interesting 

 parts of Europe ; together with a recommendation to the Naturalists of 

 other Countries, and especially those of Great Britain, to unite with it. 

 Communicated by W. Jackson Hooker, LL. D. F. R. S. F. L. S. 

 F. A. S. and Regius Professor of Botany in the University of Glasgow, 23 



V. Views of the Process in Nature by which, under particular circumstances, 



viegetables grow on the bodies of Living Animals. By Dr Samuel L. 

 MiTCHiLL of New York, F. R. S. E. With remarks by a Correspon- 

 dent, - - . - - 30 



VI. On the Dew- Point Hygrometer formerly described in this Journal, vol. iv. 



p. 127- By Mr John Foggo, Junr. Communicated by the Author, 36 

 VH. Description of a Plant of the order of Guttiferae, which Dr Roxburgh 

 called Garcinia pedunculata. By Francis Hamilton, M. D. F.R. S. 

 and F. A. S. Lond. and Edin. Communicated by the Author. - 45 



VIII. Contributions to Physical Geography, - 47 



1. Description of the Cavern of Adelsberg in Carniola, - ib. 



2. Account of the Subterraneous Sounds heard at Nakous in Arabia 

 Petrafa. By M. Seetzen, - - 51 



3. Account of the Granite Quarries at Assuan. By the Honourable 



C. L. IRBY, and James Mangles, Esq. Commanders in the Navy, 63 



4. Account of Hot Springs and Volcanic Appearances in the Himalaya 

 Mountains, ... 55 



5. Account of the Brahma Kund. By Captain Bedford, 56 



6. Notice of the Phoonga Caves in Junk Ceylon. By Captain Low, 67 

 7' Notice of the Cavern of the Sagat Rock, Upon the Sagat Strait of 



the Sanloon or main river of Maitaban, - 68 



8. Account of the Floating Island of Newbury Port, By Mr Amos 

 Pettingall Jun. - - - 59 



IX. Notice respecting the Vanderon Monkey, or the Guenon d, face pour. 



pre of Buffon. By Francis Hamilton, M. D. F. R. S. and F. A. S. 

 Lond. and Edin. Communicated by the Author, - 60 



X. Description of a New Safety.Tube for Chemical Apparatus. By James 



King, Esq. Communicated by the Author, - - 61 



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