CONTENTS. Ill 



XVII. Proceedings of the British Association at Edinburgh, 



September 1834, - - - - 369 



Section A. — Mathematics and General Physics, 374, 390, 405, 418 

 B— Chemistry and Mineralogy, 376, 391, 407, 421, 441 

 C. — Geology and Geography, - 377, 393, 409, 423 

 D — Natural History and Botany, 379, 400, 410, 433 



E — Anatomy and Medicine, 386, 401, 416, 434, 442 



F — Statistics, ... - 387,403,417,437 



XVIII. Freedom of the City of Edinburgh conferred on 

 M. Arago, Mr Brown, Dr Dalton, Professor 

 Moll, and Sir Thomas Makdougal Brisbane, 

 Bart., 449-- ^^( 



XIX. Edinburgh Observatory — Letter to the Editor, 45i~ ^53 



XX. Proceedings of the Society for the Encouragement 



of the Useful Arts in Scotland, - - 46^ '^'- 



1 . Report of the Committee appointed by the Society 



to award Prizes for Communications read and 



exhibited during Session 1832-33, - . 46^- ^^ 



2. List of Prizes offered by the Society for the Ses- 



sion 1834-35, 457 



XXI. New Publications. 



1. A Treatise on Primary Geology. By Henrv S. Boase, 



M. D., Secretary to the Royal Geological Society of Corn- 

 wall, &c. &c. -^9 "^ ^' 



2. Elements of Practical Agriculture, comprehending the Cul- 



tivation of Plants, the Husbandry of the Domestic Ani- 

 mals, and the Economy of the Farm. By David Low, 

 Esq. F. R. S. E., Professor of Agriculture in the Univer- 

 sity of Edinburgh, 459 



3. Guide to the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, including 



Orkney and Shetland, descriptive of their Scenery, Sta- 

 tistics, Antiquities, and Natural History ; with nume- 

 rous Historical Notices. By Messrs George and Peter 

 Anderson of Inverness, with a Map engraved by Arrow- 

 smith, 45^ ^^' 



4. Recherches sur les Poissons Fossiles. Par L. Agassiz, 460 



XXII. List of Patents granted in Scotland from March 



26. to September 19. 1834, - - - 461 



Index, 465 



